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Quotes About Wish

By God, I wish that spit had been a real one, with me to turn it.
~ George MacDonald Fraser
But that was merely an intellectual decision, taken because he knew that he ought to take it. He did not feel it. In this place you could not feel anything, except the pain and the foreknowledge of pain. Besides, was it possible, when you were actually suffering it, to wish for any reason whatever that your own pain should increase? But that question was not answerable yet.
~ George Orwell
Tanr? bana sinekleri kovay?m diye bir kuyruk vermi?; ama ke?ke sinekler de olmasayd?, kuyru?um da.
~ George Orwell
At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.
~ George Packer
The desire to be lucky is universal.
~ George S. Clason
To continue to be lucky is my great desire.
~ George S. Clason
Preceding accomplishment must be desire. Thy desires must be strong and definite. General desires are but weak longings. For a man to wish to be rich is of little purpose. For a man to desire five pieces of gold is a tangible desire which he can press to fulfillment.
~ George S. Clason
As I moved about the room I would encounter that silver wedge of a moon at this window or that, like some old beggar who wished to be invited in.
~ George Saunders
As for the fan, she agreed that it was a most amusing trifle: just what she would wish to buy for herself, if it had not been so excessively ugly!
~ Georgette Heyer
It was seldom that Mr Standen, a peace-loving young gentleman, was conscious of a wish to come to blows with his fellow-men, but a wistful desire to land his cousin a facer did for an instant flicker in his mind.
~ Georgette Heyer
Time travel is a fantasy we all have. The 'Back to the Future' series really exploits that wish.
~ Christopher Lloyd
Maybe that's what I should be wishing for instead.
~ Sarah Manguso
Miró el oscuro cielo a través de la ventanilla y del torbellino de copos de nieve. Se sentía desconectada. Perdida. Ojalá no lo sintiera todo tan profundamente.
~ Sarah Morgan
What do we want from life? We wish the responsibilities, opportunities, and realities of the new day to be more delightful and enticing than the escape of sleep.
~ Sarah Schulman
Coeur qui soupire n'a pas ce qu'il desire. The heart that sighs does not have what it desires.
~ Sarah Strohmeyer
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything." Napoleon Hill
~ Sarah Thompson
She said, 'It is filled with all the words for how I want you.
~ Sarah Waters
I wish I knew who I am," I whispered to the stars in Baya's eyes. Slowly, Baya shook his head. "Oh, Dust Girl, that's the hardest wish of all. Not even Baya can give you that one. That one you earn.
~ Sarah Zettel
i drive 160 on the freeway in the hopes of a fiery escape my major x-mas wish and like everyone else i get shit life on a razor's edge words that kill and guns that don't
~ Scott C. Holstad
Wanting something to be different will not make it so.
~ Scott Frost
Never, since my hand could hold a shield have I entrusted or given control of the Danes' hall to anyone but you. … There's nothing you wish for that won't be yours
~ Seamus Heaney
I wish I had more time to read. I do love books.
~ Carnie Wilson
Hasn't it been a long time since you had a flying dream?
~ Douglas Coupland
I wish we could all have good luck, all the time! I wish we had wings! I wish rain water was beer!
~ Robert Bolt