Want Quotes - Page 527

If you're open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too.

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

No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.

I didn't love stickers and unicorns and stuff, but just if I were to ride on the back of a beast to work, I want it to be a frickin' unicorn.

I think everybody is entitled to say whatever they want. I'm not going to call for anybody to be fired. That's not what America is all about.

I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.

So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.

There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.

I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.

One of the funniest lines in my show was written for me by Alan Bursky. I really want to learn this routine!

I suppose my approach to religion is like my approach to music - I take what I want and leave the rest.

Dope and diamonds, dope and diamonds, that's all that I want

I’ve always taught pitch selection, but I just want my guys to be aggressive on their pitch.

When you are at your lowest in life, no matter where you're at, you have to keep on going. You can't quit. You can't let it break you. You have to keep going on because life keeps going on and you have to keep going if you want to be the person you want to be.

I want to age nicely. Rather than being afraid of aging, I want to take each year coolly and age gracefully.

Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you

What I want to accomplish artistically amounts to nothing more than fulfilling the promise of the American Revolution.

I am somehow allowed by the universe to do exactly what I want to do to make a living.

I can have oodles of charm when I want to.

I've got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it.

So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and you just have to fend that off all the time.

I don't want to be a spokesperson.

Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.

I wanted you to go away, because it hurts to be with you when I can't see you." - Po

Why would I want anything that's private to become entertainment for other people?