“I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.” PeopleBelieveHardWantedUsedArtistSongMy OwnRecordsSawsIndustryMountainBuiltReputationLabelsBelieve In MeSongwritersClownRecord Labels Author:Emeli Sande
“I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and I'm like, "I'm going to build that Haro and never ride it."” KidsWantedMastersBuiltBike Author:Matt Skiba
“As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of complicated models that I could control. It was a natural next step to want to know how the universe works.” KnowsWantChildrenWantedUniverseNextNaturalNumbersStepsKnow HowModelsBuiltComplicatedNext Steps Author:Stephen Hawking
“Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!” SaidWantedBuildingBuiltGardenAfternoonFountainRehearsing Author:Maurice Gibb
“if I hadn't gone to a private Christian school, I'd never have built up enough animosity to want to have started a band. And now that I have one, the fact that they are giving me such resistance and publicity, they have made me far bigger than they'd ever have wanted me to have become. So I guess in a strange way the Christians have influenced me the most.” IfsWayWantGivingMadeEnoughFactsWantedSchoolChristianGoneStrangeBandBuiltBiggerResistancePublicityAnimosityChristian Schools Author:Marilyn Manson
“I always wanted to experience the street life because my teenage life in Aberdeen was so boring. But I was never really independent enough to do it. I applied for food stamps, lived under the bridge, and built a fort at the cedar mill.” EnoughWantedStreetsBuiltIndependentBoringBridgesTeenageStampsMillsFortsSo BoringFood StampsCedarsStreet LifeTeenage LifeAberdeen Author:Kurt Cobain
“When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That's how I built myself, because of martial arts and everything.” ArtWantedYoungGuyDirectorsBuiltUselessBeing The BestMartial Arts Author:Jackie Chan
“I've always wanted to sail around the world in a handmade boat. And I built a boat. I had a boat built for me, I mean, and my second day out to sea I realized that (a) I'm not a sailor, and (b) I have no knowledge of basic navigation.” WorldMeanWantedSeaBuiltI RealizedBoatAround The WorldSailSailorNavigationHandmade Author:Will Ferrell
“Imagine what I could have done in ten years. I could have learned to speak Japanese. I could have played every RPG video game ever created, and if I spoke Japanese I could have played the foreign ones too! Man, I could have built a spaceship in my backyard and flew it to the moon and back, if I wanted.” IfsMenYearsDoneWantedGamesSpeakImagineMoonTenBuiltVideoSpokesFlewBackyardsSpaceshipsThe Moon And BackRpgs Author:Kevin James
“When we built Roomba, we explicitly designed it to not have a face. We didn't want to think it was cute, we wanted people to take it seriously so we gave it more of an industrial look. People personified their Roomba anyway. Over 80 percent of people name their robot. We did nothing to encourage people to do that but they do it anyway.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksWantedFacesNamesPercentBuiltCuteRobots Author:Colin Angle
“I can remember the time when, if we wanted a house or housing, we relied on private enterprise. In fact, Americans built more square feet of housing per person than any other country on the face of the earth. Despite that remarkable accomplishment, more and more people are coming to believe that the only way we can have adequate housing is to use government to take the earnings from some and give these earnings, in the form of housing, to others.” PeopleIfsWayGivingBelievePersonsI CanCountryFactsUseGovernmentWantedEarthRememberFacesFormHouseFeetBuiltDespiteAccomplishmentEnterpriseRemarkableSquaresOther CountriesEarningAdequateHousingPrivate Enterprise Author:Leonard Read
“Island Records used what we built and tried to cash in on it which is so annoying. So it came time to do Carver City record and Island wanted to do it and we're just like "What's the point?" I mean, at that point they were even admitting like, "Yeah, we're just gonna do what we've always done."” MeanDoneWantedUsedCitiesRecordsBuiltYeahIslandsAnnoyingCashAdmittingCarver Author:Jess Margera
“It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.” IfsWantYearsHas BeensSaidWantedThreeNextGivenComputerBuiltCustomersProgrammingSpokesThree YearsThey Said Author:Steve Jobs
“We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build.” PeopleThinkingWantedGroupsDesignJudgingResearchBuiltSellsBest ThingsMacsBest JobMarket ResearchInventing Things Author:Steve Jobs
“They [Rappites] were moving from Southern Indiana to Pennsylvania, where they had originally settled when they came from Germany. They were looking for someone who wanted to buy a pre-built town, which wouldn't have been appropriate for any kind of normal settlement. That's when Robert Owen [Welsh industrialist and utopian socialist] buys the village and founds New Harmony.” KindHas BeensWantedMovingFoundNormalBuiltTownsHarmonyGermanyAppropriateVillageSouthernSocialistSettlementUtopianIndianaPennsylvaniaWelsh Author:Christine Jennings
“The overhead bins - this is not a real passenger plane. We wanted it to look like a real passenger plane. But we're actually inside a very heavy-duty, industrial, like, cargo plane. And we built this set inside of it.” LooksRealWantedDutyBuiltHeavyPlanesPassengersOverheadCargo Author:Trish Sie
“When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a backdrop and a dressing room. There were three colored spotlights - a red one, a white one, and a blue one. Blue was for nighttime scenes, and red was for when we were in hell. If the neighborhood kids wanted to use the stage, they had to incorporate me into the play.” IfsPlayUseKidsWantedThreeWhiteRoomsHellFiveStageDadSceneBuiltRedBlueMy DadNeighborhoodCurtainsDressingsSpotlightBasementsNighttimeDressing RoomsBackdrop Author:Paul Reubens
“After me and Daylyt built that relationship, they had a battle in the area and we finally wanted to go see one, live. We was cool with just watching it for a while until me and Daylyt got cool and I really wanted to go see it live.” WantedBattleBuiltAreas Author:Ab-Soul
“We didn't just wake up one day and here is the United States of America, and it is the gem, the shining city on the hill, however you want to describe it, it had to be built. It was not there. But from the moment it began to be built, isn't it interesting that everybody in the world who heard about it wanted to go there?” WorldWantStatesMomentsWantedAmericaInterestingUnitedCitiesUnited StatesHeardOne DayBuiltWake UpShiningHillsUnited States Of AmericaGems Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Reagan said that government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. And he was going to dismantle that government. Well, long story short, he failed to do that. He built up the military to a much greater status, more people in it, and actually more employees after the end of the Reagan administration. And, to achieve his objectives, he did some of the very same things that Trump is doing to achieve his. What Ronald Reagan really wanted to dismantle was the welfare state. And he had limited success in doing that.” PeopleWellsLongSaidEndsStatesStoriesProblemGovernmentWantedGreaterAchieveMilitaryTrumpSolutionsBuiltObjectivesAdministrationWelfareEmployeeWelfare StateLong Story Author:Brian Balogh
“Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapidly that people wanted to see more than just the way I played golf and that I had to balance up what I was doing, right-to-left, left-to-right, etc.” PeopleWayWantedCoursesLeftBalanceBuiltGolfEtcGolf CourseDoing Right Author:Jack Nicklaus
“Most phenomenal startup teams create businesses that ultimately fail. Why? They built something that nobody wanted.” WantedFailingTeamBuiltPhenomenal Author:Eric Ries
“I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a ranch with livestock and horses. I didn't always get my self-esteem and identity from acting. I never worked unless I wanted to. I never did anything just to do it, just for the paycheck. I always did things that I liked.” SelfWantedInterestMy OwnActingSelf EsteemIdentityBuiltHorseEsteemHobbiesPaychecksLivestockSeparate Lives Author:Ricky Schroder
“The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.” IfsHumansI CanUseWantedRecordsWifeCommunicationBuiltMajorityPhonesCreditCardsCapabilityEmailInfrastructureCredit CardNsaPasswordsGovernment Spying Author:Edward Snowden
“Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.” ThinkingKnowsBookMightWantedEnergyFunCompanyKnow HowDrinkRight NowOne DayBuiltBrandsCrushDo You KnowEnergy Drink Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“Destiny was a machine built over time, each choice that you made in life adding another gear, another conveyor belt, another assemblyman. Where you ended up was the product that was spit out at the end—and there was no going back for a redo. You couldn‟t take a peek at what you‟d manufactured and decide, Oh, wait, I wanted to make sewing machines instead of machine guns; let me go back to the beginning and start again. One shot. That was all you got.” MadeEndsWantedChoicesWaitingDestinyProductsGunShotsBuiltMachinesLet MeBeltsGearsSpitSewingLet Me GoMachine GunsRedos Book:Crave: A Novel of the Fallen Angels Source: Crave: A Novel of the Fallen Angels
“The truth is, I've always been afraid of letting anyone get too close. I built a wall around me, a barricade to hide behind those few times someone wanted entry to my heart.” HeartWantedPerfectBehindsWallMy HeartTruth IsBuiltEntryBarricades Author:Ellen Hopkins
“It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President merely to wield power, to be famed and to be feared. To learn this simple fact one must wade through a sea of evasions: history as sociology, leaders as teachers, bland benevolence as a motive force, when, finally, power is an end to itself, and the instinctive urge to prevail the most important single human trait, the necessary force without which no city was built, no city destroyed.” HumansImportantEndsFactsWantedPoliticsForceDifficultPresidentSimpleCitiesLeaderTeacherSeaBuiltDestroyedAcknowledgeMotiveUrgesHistorianTraitsSociologyBenevolenceFranklinCrudeWadeBlandEvasion Author:Gore Vidal