I wish somebody would have told me, ‘Don’t try too hard,’ because when I was younger I wanted to try really hard. I wanted to please everybody and be this perfect, polite little girl. – Taylor Spreitler
I’m really tall, and I used slouch and think it was really uncool to stand up straight – now I wish I hadn’t been quite so dumb! – Sarah Parish
Like Moscow, I wish to lay the foundation of the Chinese Republic deeply in the minds of the young generation – the workers of tomorrow. – Sun Yat-sen
It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people. – Zebulon Pike
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. – William Hazlitt
In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian. – Sugar Ray Leonard
There are indeed people with ulterior motives who don’t wish Chinese swimming well; they even don’t wish Asian swimming well. We cannot let these people’s plans succeed. – Sun Yang
Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. – Tony Blair
If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment. – Tom Hanks
I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update. – Susie Orbach
The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style. – Terry Pratchett
I wish I had coined the phrase ‘tyranny of choice,’ but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged; too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and that you are wrong if you choose any of them. – Susan Orlean
I live in one of Judy Garland’s houses. As a fan, I never much liked Judy Garland, but living here, I feel like I have come to know her. People have given me a few of her possessions, and my neighbors have told me things that I wish I didn’t know. – Taylor Negron
One thing I’ve tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead. – Taylor Swift
Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more. – William Henry Harrison
I didn’t wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me. All of those things brought me to where I am. Without those things, I couldn’t be who I am, I wouldn’t be here. – Story Musgrave
What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common – optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance? – Tom Stoppard
It is the common wish of the people that the autocratic rule of the Manchu government be overthrown, that the Republic of China be strengthened, and that people’s livelihood and welfare be pursued. – Sun Yat-sen
I just wish that more people would be welcoming to dogs and cats so they didn’t have so many that got killed and had to be thrown in a landfill. – Virgil Goode
I wish, to be honest with you, for African American films that we could get a few more theaters. They only open them in 1500 to 2000 for an opening weekend, and how do you expect us to compete. How can we go to certain box office levels if they don’t give us more theaters? – Vivica A. Fox
I wish I could sit back and say, ‘Oh, I’m gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it’s called. But you just take what’s given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans brothers movies. That’s my goal: to be more Merchant-Ivory-Wayans. – Zach Galifianakis
There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation. – Wynton Marsalis
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. – S. I. Hayakawa