To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.
To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering.
It was not my wish to come into politics. I was not a public person; I preferred to spend my birthdays with family and friends. But the 2008 elections were fraudulent, so I decided to finance the opposition to make them stronger.
If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society.
Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
I'm not tall enough to be a model, but I wish I was 6-foot, because I love it. It's kind of artsy, and I'm artsy. And I love clothes.
I'm an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and one of the children, his wish was to go to the Emmys, so he's going to be my date, along with my husband, and my dad and his girlfriend. So we're going to have a really fun night and it's going to be really exciting. I'm really excited for him to experience that.
I wish we'd never got divorced. He and I both wish we'd never got divorced, but we did. I wish I could go back and be the bride again, but I can't.
Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.
I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
Poets wish to profit or to please.
The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.
You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end.
I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good.
I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.
I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too.
I wish my deadly foe no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
We do not wish to enter Heaven until our work is done, for it would make us uneasy if there were one single soul left to be saved by our means.
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.
I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our country's war effort by effecting at as early a date as may be possible this much needed restriction.
I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing all the time.
A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.
Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.
Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me - I was the accident - so I have the only-child syndrome going on. I'm a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed. I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better.
It is legal because I wish it.
I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat.
We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
