Quotes with wanting

Quotes 21 till 40 of 59.

  • Desiderius Erasmus Jupiter, not wanting man's life to be wholly gloomy and grim, has bestowed far more passion than reason - you could reckon the ration as twenty-four to one. Moreover, he confined reason to a cramped corner of the head and left all the rest of the body to the passions.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Sam Levenson Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
    Sam Levenson
    American author (1911 - 1980)
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  • Bill Engvall Lady, I didn't get up this morning wanting to be a jackass...but you just pushed my jackass button.
    Blue Collar Comedy Tour
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • T. S. Eliot Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Lois Horowitz Not having the information you need when you need it leaves you wanting. Not knowing where to look for that information leaves you powerless. In a society where information is king, none of us can afford that.
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  • Molière Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Benito Mussolini Our program is simple: we wish to govern Italy. They ask us for programs but there are already too many. It is not programs that are wanting for the salvation of Italy but men and will power.
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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  • Gerald G. Jampolsky Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.
    Gerald G. Jampolsky
    American psychiatrist, Lecturer, writer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Bobby Davro People are always wanting to pull me up on my shortfalls. I try to battle against those and concentrate on how good things are.
    Bobby Davro
    English actor and comedian (1958 - )
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  • Ann Patchett People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.
    Ann Patchett
    American author (1963 - )
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  • Carl Sandburg Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the sky.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Carl Sandburg Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Bobbie Ann Mason Rock and roll is about desire, about wanting something better. I think my characters all want something better. My understanding of the rock and roll dream is that a kid in an isolated place or a small town or an underprivileged world could transcend it somehow.
    Bobbie Ann Mason
    American novelist and short story writer
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  • Carlisle Floyd Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Bernard Meltzer Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.
    Bernard Meltzer
    American professor (1916 - 1998)
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  • Dale Carnegie Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Bill Hicks The American dream is a crock. Stop wanting everything. Everyone should wear jeans and have three T-shirts, eat rice and beans.
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Antonio Tabucchi The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Charles E. Wilson The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough.
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