Quotes
Quotes about Want
I give my love, my devotion. But I take it you've begun to want more
I give my love, my devotion. But I take it that you've begun to want more
Whatever we want we shall always have, but we ought always calculate whether we can afford to pay for it
We are loyal only to our mothers. We strive for the new but cannot attain it. We travel a circle. We want to get back
In a free society, intellectuals are among the under-privileged. What they offer - as schoolteachers, university lecturers, writers - is not greatly wanted. If they threaten to withdraw their labour, nobody is going to be much disturbed. To refuse to publish a volume of free verse or take a class in structural linguistics - that's not like cutting off the power supplies or stopping the buses
A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!
Adam was but human-- this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.
I never have enough time to do the things I want to do 'cuz of the
Best diet: Eat as much as you want, but don't swallow it.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
All my life I wanted to be someone; I guess I should have been more specific.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.
The two great tragedies in life: not getting what one wants and getting it.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like passengers in his car.
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
You can't always get what you want. But if you try, sometimes you'll get what you need.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.
If you want good service, then serve yourself.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
