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Wishful Quotes (page 102)

Louisa May Alcott quote: "So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always..."
So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped. Louisa May Alcott
Being famous is like a little bit of you is taken away and goes off and lives on its own and does what it wants... I wish it would do more interesting things! Russell Brand
I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and correctness. For it is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be judged. Thomas Jefferson
I wish to be Providence myself, for I feel that the most beautiful, noblest, most sublime thing in the world, is to recompense and punish. Alexander Dumas
Samuel Beckett quote: "It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages...."
It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages. It almost rids you of the wish to go there. Samuel Beckett
Belief…is the insistence that the truth is what one would ‘lief’ or (will or) wish to be…Faith is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith let’s go…faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deceptio Alan Watts
Dan Brown quote: "Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true."
Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true. Dan Brown
On the whole, sir, I can not help expressing a wish that every member of the convention who may still have objections to it, would, with me, on this occasion, doubt a little of his own infallibility, and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument. Benjamin Franklin
If the reader says the state of affairs which I wish to bring about is right, or is just, or is inevitable and if this must lead into further deterioration, then I will have no quarrel with it. I might even, in some circumstances, feel obliged to support him. T. S. Eliot
And no matter what, there's not one thing in this world *or* the next that we can do or hope or guess at or wish or pray that can change it or help it one iota. Because whatever is, is. That's all. And all there is now is to be ready for it, strong enough for it, whatever it may be. That's all. That's all that matters. It's all that matters because it's all that's possible. James Agee
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "it is only the hope of what is claimed that begets and..."
...it is only the hope of what is claimed that begets and nurishes the wish; Arthur Schopenhauer
Frank Herbert quote: "If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets."
If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets. Frank Herbert
Bertie," he said, "I want your advice."Carry on."At least, not your advice, because that wouldn't be much good to anybody. I mean, you're a pretty consummate old [prat], aren't you? Not that I want to hurt your feelings, of course."No, no, I see that."What I wish you to do is put the whole thing to that fellow Jeeves of yours, and see what he suggests. P. G. Wodehouse
C. S. Lewis quote: "By gum,' said Digory, 'Don't I just wish I was big enough to..."
By gum,' said Digory, 'Don't I just wish I was big enough to punch your head! C. S. Lewis
Let's skip [Mobile Infantry] tradition for a moment. Can you think of anything sillier than being fired out of a spaceship with nothing but mayhem and sudden death at the other end? However, if someone must do this idiotic stunt, do you know a surer way to keep a man keyed up to the point where he is willing than by keeping him constantly reminded that the only good reason why men fight is a living, breathing reality?"In a mixed ship [men and women] the last thing a trooper hears before a... Robert A. Heinlein

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