#wishing

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#get #i #i think #things #think

When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different. ↗

— John Galsworthy

#deprived #did #different #evolved #himself

At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood. Your friends are there. People who are going to spread the word-of-mouth. If something doesn't work, everyone will know. ↗

— Peter Stone

#any #early #every #every night #everyone

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#win #wishing #won #work

What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can build a social democratic settlement, whether we can lay the political and cultural foundations for the next several years. ↗

— David Miliband

#big #britain #build #cultural #democratic

But, when the work was finished, the Craftsman kept wishing that there were someone to ponder the plan of so great a work, to love its beauty, and to wonder at its vastness. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#craftsman #finished #great #kept #love

I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything. ↗

— David Ortiz

#best #deck #fans #feeling #game

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. ↗

— Aristotle

#friends #fruit #quick #ripening #slow

In dream consciousness... we make things happen by wishing them, because we are not only the observer of what we experience but also the creator. ↗

— Pir Vilayat Khan

#because #consciousness #creator #dream #experience

I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead. ↗

— Adam Sandler

#control #definitely #doing #end #fact