I wish I wrote drafts and then revised them, but I don't. What I do is I seem to revise as I go.

I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States.

But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.

I don't want anyone to have to interview me. I wish I didn't have to talk too much about myself.

In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.

I do not wish to shed a drop of blood, but 'I must fight the course.' Tis all that's left to me.

To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago.

If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.

The thing is I never want to be an observer, it's only in retrospect that I wish I had observed.

The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.

The thought that murders the wish that fathered it will be overtaken by the revenge of stupidity

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

I don't know anyone who said on their deathbed: 'Gee, I wish I'd spent more time at the office.'

Conscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating within us.

I saw the film Pearl Harbour and it made me wish that the Japanese had bombed Hollywood instead!

Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out

Time travel is a fantasy we all have. The 'Back to the Future' series really exploits that wish.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

I wish I could say someone taught me my mental toughness, it would have been a lot less painful.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

The goal changes from the general to the individual from need to wish, from ethics to aesthetics.

There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.

Thus I am not able to exist either with you or without you; and I seem not to know my own wishes.

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.

I wish I had been born 20 years earlier, so I could have been in the movie business in the 1970s.

I am proud of the campaign that we ran. Obviously, I wish we could have done a little bit better.

I try not to spend too much time with regret, although I wish I'd had more hang time with my dad.

I wish i could change my mind as easily as I change socks But then I don't change socks so easily

My greatest wish is to write in such a manner that all may think they have written it themselves.

I wish we lived in a world where all kids were loved by their parents how I was and am every day.

I'd wish you luck, but I don't think it would help," "Why not?" "My lady, you make your own luck.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still.

Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.

I wish I could be invisible and just play music and not have to worry about anyone looking at me.

I find myself continually falling back into wounds, wishes, terrors I thought I had risen beyond.

CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain.

I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.

Jesus, you've got a death wish." "Right now I have a bathroom-and-sleep-somewhere safe wish, kid.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present.

If you are old and you wish to be young again, if only for a moment, try and identify a dragonfly.

There are times I wish I were invisible. Which is silly, since I do everything I can to stand out.

The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.

I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.

God is not a genie in a bottle, and your wish is not His command. His command better be your wish.

You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat and I had my hands about it.

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