#wants

We all spend so much time not saying what we want, because we know we can't have it. And because it sounds ungracious, or ungrateful, or disloyal, or childish, or banal. Or because we're so desperate to pretend that things are OK, really, that confessing to ourselves they're not looks like a bad move. Go on, say what you want. ... Whatever it is, say it to yourself. The truth will set you free. Either that or it'll get you a punch in the nose. Surviving in whatever life you're living means lying, and lying corrodes the soul, so take a break from the lies for just one minute. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#life

What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#desires #love #wants #love

Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from. ↗

— Mae West

#every man #figure #i #man #me

I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic. ↗

— Elizabeth Banks

#band #down #ever #four #guitar

Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#branded #cheap #either #executive #expense

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#goal #must #reach #small #steps

The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir. ↗

— George Best

#being #best #dad #every #every man

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember. ↗

— John Mason Brown

#remember #remembers #said #says #someone

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants. ↗

— Harry Browne

#anything #bad #fact #give #giving

A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it. ↗

— Art Buchwald

#american #bad #breakdown #everyone #frenchman