Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Washington

[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of Confederation] to the bottom, and provide radical cures.

A. A. Milne

I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh. "I wish I were there to be doing it, too.

Dambisa Moyo

I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do is just say no.

Curtis Sittenfeld

I wanted to hold happiness in reserve, like a bottle of champagne. I postponed it because I was afraid, because I overvalued it, and then I didn't want to use it up, because what do you wish for then?

Dave Matthews

Part of me wishes some of the more obsessive fans would spend a fraction of the time they spend studying the band.

David Levithan

If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

David Levithan

i wish i were someone else, even though i know i'll never, ever be able to get away from what i've done and what's been done to me.

David Gemmell

I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf

Billy Graham

I wish I'd watched less TV.