Quotes
Quotes about Want
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.
I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
I want to be left alone.
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
If we all discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to tell them that they loved them.
If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them. -Christopher Morley.
Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?
If you want to be loved, be lovable.
I don't know, I guess I figured out that in a relationship you can't choose when you want to like this person or that one...you're in a relationship for a reason and you need to stick with it or give it up. And I'm not ready to give it up.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.
Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt: It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.
If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions.
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. William R. Bradford -Anwar El-Sadat.
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
