#wished

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#adversity #belong #good #good things #prosperity

No wise man ever wished to be younger. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#man #wise #wise man #wished #younger

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#his #indifference #james #james joyce #joyce

I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#angeles #childhood #different #different place #far

They defined what was private and what was public and they would move it whenever they wished. ↗

— Andrew Morton

#move #private #public #whenever #wished

Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth. ↗

— Stephen Baldwin

#funny #get #go #had #honest

I wished that I could have been down there because Paul actually wanted me to do the tour with him, but then he realized that it just wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be a solo tour anymore. It would look like just half of KISS. ↗

— Eric Carr

#anymore #because #been #could #down

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#acts #between #chinese #east #gap

I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually. ↗

— Helen Garner

#book #completely #doing #engagement #i

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do. ↗

— Bob Gibson

#athlete #being #doing #else #finest