Want Quotes

And I can tell you that history will back up what I'm about to say and that is that there is no government run by conservatives, Republicans, put whoever you want there, if you give government the opportunity to spend more money than it has, it will do it. It will do it every time.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

I am so not a proper, good female. I can't dance in high heels and I'm just so not girly, but then I see these men with these banging bodies, dancing in heels, singing, and having so much fun with so much make-up on. That makes me honestly want to be a better woman.

I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.

I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.

I don't want to feel like I've matured. That's a stupid word that I never want to use.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

I love the sport of snowboarding so much, but I just don't want to talk about it, ever.

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

I've produced and gotten to do a lot of optimistic love stories, and that was so where I was at for 10 years in my life. And now I feel like, Okay, now I know how to do that. I want to get scared again; I want to feel the way I felt when I started my company, when I started producing.

Getting older, you just don't want to sing fluffy.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys.

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

I would like to establish myself. I don't want to just have a moment.

We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

Every time you overhear something hurtful, I want you to do something kind for someone else.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

I didn't want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls.

I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

You know, out-of-touch liberals like Barack Obama say they want a strong economy, but in everything they do, they show they don't like business very much. But the economy, of course, is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. So it's a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don't like eggs.

I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things.

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'