“After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.” PeopleWritingCharacterWantedAnimalCreaturesCommunicateDragonsRecluseMythical CreaturesLioness Author:Tamora Pierce
“Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?” ThinkingYearsChildrenWantedAmericaMovingGrowsSidesAnimalBoysGrowing UpNiceYears AgoTwentiesEastProfessionJungleColumbusWild AnimalEast Side Author:Abraham Polonsky
“First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and fun to us. In my house, John Belushi was king. I didn't grow up when he was - I was born in '78 - the reruns of Belushi in 'Animal House,' and knowing he was at Second City, he was viewed as a king in my house.” FirstsStillsWantedHouseFunGrowsBornAnimalCitiesGrowing UpKnowingGrowingStageKingsRerunsSecond City Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I want to be an entrepreneur too; I like the business side of things. When I was younger I wanted to be a vet or a tightrope walker. But I have no sense of balance and I can't bear animals dying, so I abandoned both ideas.” WantI CanIdeasWantedSidesAnimalDyingBearsBalanceEntrepreneurAbandonedWalkersVets Author:Georgia May Jagger
“God wanted man to know him somehow through his creatures, and since no creature could fittingly reflect the infinite perfection of the Creator, he multiplied his creatures and gave a certain goodness and perfection to each of them so that from them we could judge the goodness and perfection of the Creator, who embraces infinite perfection in the perfection of his one and utterly simple essence.” KnowsMenWantedCertainSimpleAnimalJudgingCreaturesGoodnessPerfectionEssenceInfiniteEmbraceCreator Author:Robert Bellarmine
“Some people just wanted to blow it all to hell, animal, vegetable and mineral. They wanted a Vietnam they could fit into their car ashtrays.” PeopleWantedAnimalHellCarFitBlowVietnamVegetablesMineralsAshtrays Book:Dispatches Source: Dispatches
“What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.” DifferentWantedAnimalExtinctionVergeDifferent Animals Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I really love `Serenity.' I'm really proud of it and excited to see it my guys on the big screen, bringing something new to it. But `Firefly' was a different animal, something I will regret losing until the day they put me in a box, because I did have a lot of good stories I wanted to tell.” DifferentStoriesBigsWantedGuyAnimalRegretProudLosingBoxesExcitedScreensSomething NewSerenityGood StoryFireflyBig ScreenDifferent Animals Author:Joss Whedon
“We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin - a little fellow trying to do the best he could.” ThinkingTryingChildrenLittlesIdeasWantedFeltBitsAnimalFellowsTinyCuteMiceDo The BestCharlieIndebtedChaplinWistfulness Author:Walt Disney
“Everywhere there was somewhere and everywhere there they were men women children dogs cows wild pigs little rabbits cats lizards and animals. That is the way it was. And everybody dogs cats sheep rabbits and lizards and children all wanted to tell ... all about themselves.” MenWayChildrenLittlesWantedAnimalDogCatCowsSheepPigsRabbitsMen WomenLizards Book:The World Is Round Source: The World Is Round
“Early in school, they called me 'the artist.' When teachers wanted things painted, they called upon me, they called upon 'the artist.' I am not saying that I learned my name, animals can learn their names, I am saying that they learned it.” WantedSchoolArtistNamesAnimalTeacher Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
“Humans, the only self-regarding animals, blessed or cursed with this torturing higher faculty, have always wanted to know why.” KnowsHumansSelfReasonWantedAnimalHigherBlessedCuriosityFacultyCursed Book:Living in Hope and History Source: Living in Hope and History
“I wanted to be a veterinarian. I adored animals, raised everything in the world and decided that was going to be what I was going to do. But I could sing.” WorldWantedAnimalDecidedRaisedVeterinarian Author:Shirley Jones
“What is it that endowed things with meaning, value, significance? The creating heart, which desired, and, out of its desire, created. It created joy and woe. It wanted to satiate itself with woe. We must take all the suffering that has been endured by men and animals upon ourselves and affirm it, and possess a goal in which it acquires reason.” MenHeartHas BeensReasonWantedJoyDesireSufferingValuesGoalAnimalCreationCreatingAcquireSignificanceWoe Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“I'm very caring with animals. I think patience is a big deal, because animals are always jumping around. I love to take care of people, so I think I'd be a good vet. I always wanted to be a vet when I was little.” PeopleThinkingLittlesBigsCareWantedAnimalDealsCaringTake CareJumpingBig DealVets Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead.” GivingFirstsWantedHouseSleepAnimalShotsDecidedI RealizedBunchVeterinarian Author:Paris Hilton
“Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check. I fondled it for about five minutes and then sent it back. I told her I couldn't accept money from strangers.” PeopleWantedAnimalAcceptingFiveMinutesStrangerChecksNakedCaliforniaClothingsFive MinutesSantaBarbaraSanta Barbara Author:Alan Abel
“I find solace in animals. I have got a stray dog at home called Candy. I picked it up while I was waiting at the airport one day. I always wanted to have a 'macho' dog but got this sweet little thing instead.” LittlesHomeWantedWaitingAnimalDogSweetOne DayLittle ThingsCandyAirportsSolaceMachoStray Dogs Author:Randeep Hooda
“What they [psychedelics] cause is what I'm advocating, a fundamental revaluation of cultural values, because culture as we're practicing it currently is causing a lot of pain to a lot of people, and animals, and ecosystems, none of whom were ever allowed to vote on whether they wanted this process to go in this direction.” PeopleWantedPainValuesCultureCausesProcessAnimalVoteFundamentalsEcosystemsAdvocating Author:Terence McKenna
“Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There's a movie theater.” ChildrenWantedActorsAnimalTheaterMovieMovie Theater Author:Michael Jackson
“Looking through a child's eyes and knowing this was another planet, we decided to design the machines with eyes and bodies like animals, we also decided that this planet has two moons, and we decided that anything else we wanted to do was allowed. It was a new perspective to make the film.” ChildrenTwoBodyEyeWantedFilmAnimalKnowingDesignPlanetsPerspectiveMoonDecidedMachinesNew Perspective Author:Alex Abreu