The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill. – Harold Nicolson
There’s definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did. – Grimes
It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge. – Havelock Ellis
I wish there was something that – I get all those wonderful letters and wonderful acknowledgments, and I wish I could be more appreciative of what I do. But it’s hard for me. – Harvey Korman
I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. – Groucho Marx
Under the auspices of peace, our comprehensive renaissance will be built, and it will be a model for those who wish to emulate it in the greater Arab homeland. – Hussein of Jordan
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. – Henri Frederic Amiel
I wish I could write more make-believe. It’s a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I’ve never been a private person. – Gwen Stefani
I am true to my own race. I wish to see all done that can be done for their encouragement, to assist them in acquiring property, in becoming intelligent, enlightened, useful, valuable citizens. – Hiram Rhodes Revels
Personally, I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate. – H. P. Lovecraft
My wish is to be a catalyst, to push for solutions, to broker peace talks, to ensure accountability, especially for those who committed and are still organizing unspeakable crimes. – Ger Duany
If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work. – Heber J. Grant
I’m in total sympathy with Dick Smith’s sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name. – Hugh Mackay
To burn a CDR of music you like to give as a gift to someone you wish to become closer to is a cold, moist-palmed, mouth-breathing bummer. – Henry Rollins
I wish to express my hope that the efforts of our nations, nationalities and peoples in the direction of the development of our democratic order will be successful. – Girma Woldegiorgis
They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government. – Henry Knox
If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit. – Harold Bloom
