#wish

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#believe #imagine #others #ourselves #readily

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#believe #general #men #quick #true

Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#believe #men #nearly #willing #wish

If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level. ↗

— John le Carre

#down #ear #entertained #entertainments #feel

Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not. ↗

— Judy Chicago

#ah #art #course #even #figure

All of us write wish fulfillment. ↗

— Lee Child

#us #wish #write

As a Zionist youth leader in the 1940s, I was among those who called for a binational state in Mandatory Palestine. When a Jewish state was declared, I felt that it should have the rights of other states - no more, no less. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#called #declared #felt #i #jewish

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#behave #got #helpful #human #human race

Father is a school manqué ... He always wanted to write books. But he became rich instead, so is not allowed. ↗

— Iain Pears

#books #wealth #wishes #writing #dreams

Volleyball is a Jewish sport. It's fun, and nobody can get hurt. ↗

— Gail Parent

#get #hurt #jewish #nobody #volleyball