“ I really wanted to be a dancer, but I ended up as an actress and I got to perform next to some of the greatest actors of our time. ”
- Virginia Mayo- Copy
“ Live as you would have wished to live when you come to die. ”
- Christian Furchtegott Gellert- Copy
“ I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left. ”
- Clint Black- Copy
“ Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone. ”
- Martina Navratilova- Copy
“ I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted. ”
- Dennis Quaid- Copy
“ I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. ”
- Albert Schweitzer- Copy
“ What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
“ I won Wimbledon because I wanted to be like her in Australia. I just want to be like her. But if she loses, then I'm like, 'Oh, man, now I have to do it. ”
- Venus Williams- Copy
“ I wanted to be a minister when I first went to college. You see, I was very shy as a kid, and couldn't figure out how to communicate with people. I guess I was trying to get people to listen to me, but I thought I was interested in religion. I realized very quickly that I just wanted to move people and be the center of attention. ”
- John Davidson- Copy
“ I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch. ”
- Count Basie- Copy
“ We are never further from our wishes than when we imagine that we possess what we have desired. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
“ I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. ”
- Aldous Huxley- Copy
“ 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. ”
- Jamie Oliver- Copy
“ Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. ”
- Andrew Jackson- Copy
“ Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it. ”
- Jacqueline Cochran- Copy
“ I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays. ”
- Henny Youngman- Copy
“ If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
“ I knew there were a lot of friends out there, and I wanted to be with them. ”
- Ekaterina Gordeeva- Copy
“ I'm certainly not sorry that there were some things I missed. You may think you're missing something at that time but later when you look at it, you didn't miss anything. ”
- Ivan Lendl- Copy
“ My best friend missed three one-and-ones. I still get mad at him for that. ”
- Larry Bird- Copy
“ Each epoch has found in the Gospels what it sought to find there, and has overlooked what it wished to overlook. ”
- Ludwig von Mises- Copy
“ I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific. ”
- Lily Tomlin- Copy
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