Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maurice Sendak

We all want to be renewed, don't we?

Maurice Sendak

You don't want to do something that's all terrifying.

Maurice Sendak

There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen

Mattie Stepanek

I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

Matteo Manassero

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

Matt Tong

I want the words to be read in conjunction with the music.

Meg Cabot

I won’t tell you how I managed to break in, since I don’t want the authorities figuring out, but let’s just say that if you’re going to make a gate, make sure it reaches all the way to the ground.

Meg Cabot

When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.

Meg Cabot

You want a happy romantic relationship? Don’t ruin it by getting married.

Meg Cabot

It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.

Maya Angelou

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

Max von Sydow

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

Matthew Perry

Nine times out of 10, women don't want to fix a problem, they just want to be understood. I'll never get that.

Marina and the Diamonds

If you don't want to have your private life splashed everywhere, why go to the restaurants and the places you know you're going to be photographed?

Marina Abramovic

In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to.

Marilyn vos Savant

I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I'm stuck doing all of whatever stuff it happens to be.

Matt Berninger

Somehow, you realize you can kind of do anything in music. You don't have to be good at a certain thing; you can just do whatever you want.

Patricia Cornwell

My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.

Patricia Highsmith

I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.

Patricia Briggs

You forgot the ‘my precious,’” Anna said dryly. “If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.

Plautus

If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.

Philip Zimbardo

If you want to change a person, you've got to change the situation.

Paula Abdul

Simon would not want to audition in front of Simon.

Paula Deen

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

Paul Weller

I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.

Mary E. Pearson

I don't want five hundred billion neural chips. I want guts.

Martin Scorsese

We cannot burn Mick Jagger. We want the effect, but we can't burn him.

Lee Child

Sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it.

LeBron James

I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it.

Lauryn Hill

The less I have, the freer I am to do whatever I want to do.

Lauryn Hill

And what you need ironically. Will turn out what you want to be. If you just let it.

Laura Marling

I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.

Laura Marling

I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.