I Quotes
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“I wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from.”
“I wish I could say I coined the phrase "failing forward." I do it all the time. I find as I've embraced this approach to business, life, cycling and generally any new endeavor I take on, I've grown more and more comfortable with the possibility that I am not likely to succeed on my first try. And that's ok.”
“I wish I could say I didn't owe anything to anyone. But the truth is, I wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for the courage and support of each and every one of you. I hope I can be as good a leader as we've had in the past and as good as you deserve.”
“I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.”
“I wish I could say I gulp pure courage as I run, like those brave little girls you read about in stories, ... But this burst of speed comes from an older adrenaline, some limbic other. Not courage, but a deeper terror. I don't want to be left alone. And I am ready to defend Ossie against whatever monster I encounter, ... and save her for myself.”
Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
“I wish I could say I had any idea what I was doing when I designed characters. I just take things I like and make my version of it.”
“I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being prepared when you are asked to jump on a project. There isn't any one rule that I follow. Obviously, I'll always shoot to work with the best actors, directors and filmmakers. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to do that.”
“I wish I could say I rushed back and confronted George to get his side of the story. I wish I could say I stood up to Vic and insisted that George be given a translator and allowed to defend himself or announced that I'd find a lawyer who'd handle the case pro bono. At the very least I should have testified as to the kid's honesty. The mystery to me is that there's not much worth stealing in the dry-storage room, at least not in any fenceable quantity: "Is Gyorgi here, and am having 200- maybe 250-catsup packets. What do you say?" My guess is that he had taken- if he had taken anything at all-some Saltines or a can of cherry pie mix and that the motive for taking it was hunger.
So why didn't I intervene? Certainly not because I was held back by the kind of moral paralysis that can mask as journalistic objectivity. On the contrary, something new-something loathsome and servile-had infected me, along with the kitchen odors that I could still sniff on my bra when I finally undressed at night. In real life I am moderately brave, but plenty of brave people shed their courage in POW camps, and maybe something similar goes on in the infinitely more congenial milieu of the low-wage American workplace. Maybe, in a month or two more at Jerry's, I might have regained my crusading spirit. Then again, in a month or two I might have turned into a different person altogether - say, the kind of person who would have turned George in.”
Source: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
“I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don't see him very often I cherish the time I have with him.”
“I wish I could say I was shocked at the reports the NSA is secretly spying on the private phone calls of millions of Verizon customers. However, this is a predictable result of a government that continues to erode our liberties while promising some glimmering hope of security.”
“I wish I could say I was sorry, that I wanted to be honest the whole time, but I didn't. I never wanted to be honest. I just wanted what I told you to be the truth.”
Source: Book of Night
“I wish I could say I write 9-5. It's usually more like 8-6, every day but the weekends.”
“I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.”
“I wish I could say she looked like her old self. Suffice to say she looked well. None of us look like our old selves. War is not kind to a woman’s beauty.”
Source: River Spirit
“I wish I could say someone taught me my mental toughness, it would have been a lot less painful.”
“I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. ... Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.”
“I wish I could say that everything I do is for God’s glory but I can’t. And neither can you. What I can say is Jesus’ blood covers all my efforts to glorify myself.”
“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories... We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust... We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”
“I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.”
“I wish I could say the crisis isn’t real. I wish I could say you came all this way for nothing.”
Source: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
“I wish I could say this journey is an easy one. It’s not. As easy as it is to fall in love, it takes effort to make a relationship grow, to continue making the effort to connect, to speak and to listen.”
Source: Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God
“I wish I could say we all lived happily ever after. I can't. But I can say we lived. Our love for Nate lives, and he's left us this piece of himself in his art; it was his gift to us. We know him through his art, and I can take comfort in that.
I guess the thing about high school is, it's the moment when you start to cross from a being a kid to being an adult, and this journey to know yourself begins. Nate's journey ended to early, and I thought I had to run away to some far-off land to start mine. But, for now, it seems to me that I have enough to explore right here. There's a whole continent to discover in myself, and I know that it's love - love for my parents, my friends, my brother, and my art - that will guide me. Love will be my map.”
Source: A Map of the Known World
“I wish I could score everything for horns.”
“I wish I could see a cherry blossom or a lotus flower. Where could they be?”
Source: Red Snow
“I wish I could see butterflies burst from cocoons
Without tempering my amazement
Knowing all beauty eventually dies.”
Source: Bending The Universe
“I wish I could see outta two eyes.”
“I wish I could see the glow from the lights.”
“I wish I could see things like you do.”
“But then you wouldn’t see things like you do,” Josy said. “And then there would be two of me and none of you, and that wouldn’t be so good.”
“It wouldn’t?”
“Nope. Because I like you just the way you are.”
Source: How to Be a Movie Star
“I wish I could see you more clearly right now. But even blurry you're so beautiful.”
Source: A Study in Drowning
“I wish I could see you some day,
Just for a moment, just see you,
I wish I could hear from you some day,
Just for a moment, just here you,
I wish I could live my whole life in that moment.”
“I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written.”
“I wish I could show childhood me what I’m up to because I think she would be proud and think I am a badass. I also think she would be relieved. — Cecilia, twenty-five, married”
Source: The Childfree Guide to Life and Money: Make Your Finances Simple So Your Life Without Kids Can Be Amazing
“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being”
“I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.”
“I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.”
“I wish I could sing or play an instrument.”
“I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my friends. Whenever I hear myself on a record, it just reminds me I'm not a very good singer.”
“I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.”
“I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans brothers movies. That's my goal: to be more Merchant-Ivory-Wayans.”
“I wish I could sleep with my eyes open and gaze at the stars all night.”
“I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.”
“I wish I could spend six years writing one novel.”
“I wish I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. If all you can see is your shadow, you're blocking your own light. If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.”
“I wish I could stop being in love with Sam. I really do.”
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I wish I could stop trying to tame the wild God”
“I wish I could swap closets with Diana Vreeland, but I think only my left thigh would fit into her clothing.”
“I wish I could take a quick trip to the Legacy Orchard right about now and do some research on strange forests and talking animals! This is definitely someone else's story,' she thought.
Still, it sounded like this forest had a mystery that needed solving and some animals that needed helping. Rosabella was always looking out for woodland friends in trouble.”
Source: Ever After High: Once Upon a Twist: Rosabella and the Three Bears
“I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815”
“I wish I could take away your pain. I wish I could go back to when you were born and take you somewhere safe. Far away from all the people who’ve hurt you. (Kiara) You’re doing that now. (Nykyrian)”
Source: Born of Night: The League: Nemesis Rising
“I wish I could take back every interview. Over and over again, I read them later, and either I'm misquoted or I said something stupid. I'm just not very good at it.”