#wish

I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. ↗

— David Attenborough

#half #i #just #still #twice

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#been #believe #ever #fondly #granted

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#content #day #dread #last #long

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#beautifully #bit #breath #come #end

I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement. ↗

— Nader al-Masri

#almighty #am #athlete #be the first #big

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#animal #both #dog #even #fifth

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#better #compete #competitions #could #exhibitions

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#championship #could #easy #get #honestly

The dramatic wish of Romanians at the end of the Second World War was to be occupied by the Americans and not by the Russians. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#end #occupied #russians #second #second world war

I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up in Los Angeles. ↗

— Stephen Baker

#angeles #chance #college #even #growing