#wish

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#chinese #cultivate #employer #even #extensively

There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music. ↗

— Mary Timony

#i #i do #know #many #men

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

#i #i wish #know #languages #life

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. ↗

— Jean Toomer

#itself #life #men #necessity #run

It's weird, I never wish anything bad upon anybody, except two or three old girlfriends. ↗

— Carrot Top

#anybody #anything #bad #except #girlfriends

I wish at times I had finished school just to say I had. ↗

— Randy Travis

#had #i #i wish #just #say

Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#christians #democracy #doctors #feel #god

I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream. ↗

— Yani Tseng

#beautiful #dream #everyone #i #shall

No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time on my business. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#deathbed #ever #had #his #i

Opponents of cap and trade should be careful what they wish for. ↗

— Joshua A. Tucker

#cap #careful #opponents #should #trade