#wish

You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#any #happened #i #know #mom

When I look back at those pictures of my mother performing - and listen to her recordings - it makes me sad to think that all of that joy she found in her work came to an end. I wish she hadn't had to make that sacrifice, even if it was for the benefit of my father and siblings and me. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#benefit #came #end #even #father

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#human #human beings #i #kinder #like

Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people. ↗

— Shmuel Y. Agnon

#brethren #came #come #desire #did

The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent me from freely considering figures hanging on a balance imagined to be at an infinite distance beyond the confines of the world? ↗

— Evangelista Torricelli

#balance #beyond #carry #confines #considering

I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton. ↗

— Ian Anderson

#clapton #eric #eric clapton #flute #happy

Any time you stand in line at the D.M.V. and look around, you're like, Oh, my God, I wish all these people were replaced by computer drivers. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#around #computer #drivers #god #i

There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles. ↗

— Mary Antin

#children #even #had #hundred #jewish

Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the purity of that on which he looks; and a person wishing to see a city or country goes to the place in order to do so. ↗

— Athanasius

#anyone #approximation #city #clear #country

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however. ↗

— Richard Bach

#being #come #given #however #make