Wanted Quotes

First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead.

I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done.

Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

Somebody asked me what I wanted to do. I just said I wanted to…just to give back to it what it’s given me. And to meet all the other people that are doing it…just to be in the world, really.

God's design in our pain enables us to look back and say: He loves me enough to take me where I would have never wanted to go in order to produce in me what I never could have achieved on my own.

I was not content at home. . . I wanted to live like a colorful butterfly in the sun.

If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait.

I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.

People want to go where they wanted to be led.

I have always found the word 'Europe' on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand in their own names!

I didn't want to move or act like a rich man. I wanted to dance in a pair of jeans. I wanted to dance like the man in the streets.

In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.

I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.

I promise you, if you have a plan, you can accomplish everything you ever wanted

There's nothing more precious in this world than the feeling of being wanted.

What I really wanted was to fall in love with God. It's amazing what obstacles there are within us, or at least in me, that seem to slow this process.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it.

If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.

I bought a pair of Birkenstocks today - let's be real. I wanted a chunky sandal that was functional. That should tell you where I am at as far as fashion.

You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms.

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an actor and not a beauty pageant winner.

I wanted to get an angel wings tatooed on my back, as a guardian thing.

If anyone wanted ter find out some stuff, all they’d have ter do would be ter follow the spiders. That’d lead ‘em right! That’s all I’m sayin’.

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.

My dad (Ken Griffey) would have bopped me on the head when I was a kid if I came home bragging about what I did on the field. He only wanted to know what the team did.

Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you're pretty sexy and you're taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with.

I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker.

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

I wanted to make a concrete impression; the idea of a woman that is free, moody, never the object, one that has a complete control of her finances and knows how it is to be independent.

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed was a father.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.

The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.

It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail.

I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.

I always wanted to be different. I always wanted to be first.

I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.

I'm a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I'd just get worried.

She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did.

Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.'

All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.

When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since.

I've never had a real job in my life. I didn't learn anything, I was terrible at school. It was just this thing. Music was all I wanted to do.

All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead.

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.