#wish

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#further #never #than #wish #wished

I always wish life could be a musical. One person just says 5, 6, 7, 8. ↗

— Lucas Grabeel

#could #i #i always #just #life

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#always #leave #miserable #otherwise #something

Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently. ↗

— Billy Graham

#disappointed #done #end #ever #every

I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room. ↗

— Asa Gray

#granted #hear #i #nor #pulpit

I can still love an ex as a person, regardless if the breakup was bad. I would never wish anything negative on them. It takes more energy to hate them than to wish them well. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#anything #bad #breakup #energy #hate

Sometimes I wish I could just go back to Florida and, like, date my home-town boyfriend. It's really frustrating whenever I can't go and do something because I know it's going to be on the internet. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#because #boyfriend #could #date #florida

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#any #because #been #damn #fall

There are people who wish to do us harm in the most heinous way. They want to kill Americans simply because they are Americans. They wish to destroy our culture and Nation because they don't like our freedoms, they don't like the fact that we are prosperous. ↗

— Judd Gregg

#culture #destroy #fact #freedoms #harm

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people. ↗

— Matt Groening

#artistic #being #being yourself #creatively #creativity