“For me, a story's a story if people want to hear it; it's very much based on oral storytelling. And for me, a story is a story when people give me the privilege of listening when I'm speaking it out loud.” PeopleIfsWantGivingStoriesListeningGive MePrivilegeStorytellingLoud Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I want to rob a bank with a BB gun. "Give me all your money or I will give you a dimple! I will be rich, you will be cute. We both win."” WantGivingHumorFunnyWinningRichGunGive MeCuteDimples Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Poetry at least in my own life, is really about your own mortality. Everything in poetry makes me think of my mortality. It is not a dark thing in life; it prepares you for the graceful things that happen in your life. It gives me a license to make any kind of picture I want with great courage.” ThinkingWantGivingKindHappensLife IsDarkMy OwnPhotographyGive MeMortalityThings In LifeLicenseMy Own LifeDark Things Author:Keith Carter
“I get up in front of a bunch of kids and say 'Hey, I'm gonna tell you a new story. Who wants to be in a new story?' Well some kid always sticks up their hand and that gives me a name, but it doesn't give me a story. I just say whatever comes to my mind and usually it's not that good. Every once in a while, however, I say something that turns into a really good story.” WantGivingMindWellsStoriesHandsKidsTurnsNamesFrontsGive MeSticksBunchGet UpHeyGood Story Author:Robert Munsch
“Some artists just go and play, and I have no objections to that - but I don't like to do that. People take their very precious time to come to my concert, and they give me the opportunity to share two hours of their lives. I want to do the best I can, for visuals, sound and everything!” PeopleWantGivingI CanTwoPlayArtistOpportunitySoundHoursShareGive MeVisualsConcertsDo The BestObjectionsPrecious Time Author:Hiromi
“The thing about bands is everybody wants to be the next Oasis, and that doesn't mean slogging it out around the toilet [gigs], it means, "Give me the check, I need to go to the Levis shop and I need a 1960s Gibson."” WantNeedsGivingMeanNextBandGive MeChecksShopsToilets1960sGigsOasis Author:Noel Gallagher
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)” WantGivingDoorsGive Me Author:James Brown
“My parents won’t let me have a motorcycle, but they give me all the guns I want. I asked them for a motorcycle last Christmas and they told me I’d only kill myself. They got me this twelve-gauge instead.” WantGivingLastsParentGunLet MeGive MeTwelveMotorcycleGauges Author:Scott Thompson
“I don't want to sound like a Hallmark card, but to be able to wake up each day with food and shelter, that alone is good. Forget aging and the fact that my butt is becoming a little more familiar with my knees than my tailbone. If you are six feet above ground it's a good day. So, give me more!” IfsWantGivingLittlesFactsAbleSoundForgetFeetBecomingSixGive MeWake UpAgingFamiliarCardsKneesEach DayShelterGood DayHallmarkHallmark Card Author:Faith Hill
“The digital process gives me total control over how I want the film to look. The films look like they did when I was first looking through the viewfinder.” WantGivingFirstsLooksFilmProcessGive MeDigital Author:William Friedkin
“I'm not a real musician. If you give me a bass guitar and you ask me to improvise something, or even be with some musicians and follow them, I wouldn't be able to do it. And I want to change that. I want to be able to be in a group and take my guitar and play with them, without someone showing me, "Okay, you're going to do this and that," because music has always been a big part of my life.” IfsWantGivingRealPlayBigsAbleAsksGroupsMusicianOkayGive MeGuitarAsk MeBassBass Guitar Author:Marion Cotillard
“I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great musicians up there, it gives me some leeway to play around a little bit.” IfsWantGivingLittlesIdeasPlayCoursesBitsLittle BitMusicianGive MeGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Fiona Apple
“I want to fall on the floor laughing - imagining Hillary Clinton working well in the Senate with everybody else! Oh, give me a break. I've already joked in print that they would need to build her a private cloakroom on the Mall. This is not a woman who has any ability to deal with the mass of humanity. She is the most arrogant, the most moralistic, the most sermonizing and annoying person on earth.” WantNeedsGivingWellsPersonsEarthHumanityFallAbilityDealsBreakLaughingMassGive MeClintonPrintAnnoyingSenateArrogantMallsMost Arrogant Author:Camille Paglia
“There's times when I'm really shy, so these roles that I get to play, they're how I would love to really be. And that's why I love doing stand-up, because it gives me the freedom to say what I really want to say. I think that's why it's my favorite thing to do.” ThinkingWantGivingPlayRolesGive MeMy FavoriteThings To DoShyFavorites Things Author:Wanda Sykes
“I enjoy the making of the film and it's something for me to do. If nobody ever comes to my films, if people don't want to give me money to make films, that will stop me. But as long as people come all over the world and I have an audience and I have ideas for films, I will do them for as long as I enjoy the process. And I like the whole process of making a film.” PeopleIfsWorldWantGivingLongIdeasWholeFilmProcessEnjoyAudienceGive Me Author:Woody Allen
“I feel very privileged to get to read and write and not to have to do things that I don't like, and I don't want to give that up. Everything else is just a bonus and often a distraction from the writing, reading, and traveling that gives me the most pleasure.” WantGivingFeelsWritingReadingPleasureGive MeDistractionPrivilegedBonus Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I would want to be in a larger group. Personally, it would give me a sense of security, that we aren't a force to be messed with. I'd stay in the center of the group, and stay in shape! I've just got to be able to outrun the rest of them!” WantGivingAbleForceGroupsSecurityShapesGive MeOutrun Author:Christian Serratos
“I write, "Give me reason but don't give me choice, because I'll make the same mistake again." I think that's what most men want to be told.” ThinkingMenWantGivingWritingReasonChoicesMistakeGive MeSame Mistakes Author:James Blunt
“If you want to split a bottle with a friend, then Sammy Hagar is your guy. If you want to split your friend with a bottle than give me a call.” IfsWantGivingGuyGive MeBottlesSplits Author:David Lee Roth
“I know that God is working through me within this sport. I know He's put me here for a purpose and it's not just to win medals. Winning is great and hopefully it gives me a platform to spread His love and spread His Word, but at the end of the day, I'm called to do what He wants me to do.” KnowsWantGivingEndsPurposeWinningSportsGive MeSpreadHopefullyThe End Of The DayWant MePlatformsHis LoveMedalHe Wants Me Author:Elana Meyers
“For me, actually, being a bishop in a bishopric where there's an academic tradition gives me this fascinating, challenging, but open invitation to say, "We want you to be a scholar. We want you to go on doing this. But do it as a bishop!"” WantGivingChallengesGoes OnTraditionGive MeFascinatingAcademicScholarInvitationsBishops Author:N. T. Wright
“I was clear: "I don't want to play businessmen with bifocal glasses and cameras, so if you're going to give me an Asian bad guy to play, then I'm going to give you the baddest Asian bad guy you've ever seen, and you're not going to forget that I was in the film."” IfsWantGivingPlayFilmGuyForgetClearGive MeCamerasGlassesBusinessmanBad GuysAsian Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
“In my life, what I want and what I need are exactly the same. Anything in excess of needs is burdensome to me. You couldn't give me anything I don't need. I am penniless, but have difficulty remaining so. Several of my well meaning, well-to-do friends have offered me large sums of money, which I of course refused.” WantNeedsGivingWellsCoursesGive MeDifficultyExcessMeaning Well Author:Peace Pilgrim
“I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.” ThinkingWantGivingTryingGive MeExtrasSurfingKites Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“If you really want to give me advice, do it on a Saturday afternoon between one and four o'clock, when you've got 25 seconds to do it, between plays. Don't give me advice on Monday. I know the right thing to do on Monday.” IfsKnowsWantGivingPlayFourAdviceGive MeClockThings To DoRight ThingSecondsAfternoonSaturdayMondaySaturday Afternoon Author:Alex Agase
“If when I get to heaven the Lord shall say to me, Spurgeon, I want you to preach for all eternity, I would reply, Lord, give me a Bible, that is all I need.” IfsWantNeedsGivingHeavenLordEternityGive MeI Want YouSpurgeon Author:Charles Spurgeon
“I don't know what another actor is going to give me, on the day, and I don't want to be so hard and fast in my technique that I'm not open to what's coming.” KnowsWantGivingHardActorsGive MeTechnique Author:Rose McIver
“I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class.” KnowsWantNeedsGivingBookSpaceClassKnow HowFrontsGive MeSpace Shuttle Author:Will Smith
“It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience. Sometimes when they applaud if I'm still playing it's not as good, but there's always a way around it. Actually the applause gives me a little rest and chance to stretch, too.” PeopleIfsWayWantGivingLittlesStillsSometimesChanceMovementFinePerformancesGive MeBotherApplause Author:Hilary Hahn
“As an actor, I feel like I'm somebody who, when somebody gives me a mark, I don't want to hit it. I don't like that. But then, without even knowing it, I just hit it.” WantGivingFeelsActorsKnowingGive MeMark Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“Information wants you to give me a dollar.” WantGivingInformationGive MeDollars Author:Bruce Sterling
“Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.” WayWantGivingWinningPlayerGive MeTrainComplainingWinnerLoserTwelve Author:Red Auerbach
“There are directors, and I think this is true of all directors, it would be true if I was a director - If the actor didn't want to do what I was suggesting, I would let him do it his way, and then I would say to him, "Just give me one where you do what the director wants", and that, of course, is the take that's used.” IfsThinkingWayWantGivingWould BeUsedCoursesActorsDirectorsGive MeBeing TrueSuggesting Author:Ian Mckellen
“Sometimes I try to beat other people's achievements but on many occasions I find it's better to beat my own achievements. That can give me more satisfaction. I don't feel happy if I am comfortable. Something inside me pushes me when I get comfortable. It makes me go farther and I want to keep pushing.” PeopleIfsWantGivingFeelsTryingSometimesMy OwnAchievementComfortableBeatsGive MeSatisfactionOccasionsPushing Author:Ayrton Senna
“My father told me when I first started that standup is exciting and I should pursue it, but that writing would be the thing that would give me power over my career. I never have to take a road gig or a writing gig I don't want because I always have the ability to play one against the other.” WantGivingShouldWritingFirstsPlayWould BeFatherAbilityCareersExcitingGive MePursueGigs Author:Greg Fitzsimmons
“I'm just not the same. Half of me is out there looking for you and the other half is wishing i didn't have to." I don't want to live - I want to love first, And live incidentally. Don't-don't ever think of the things you can't give me-You've trusted me with the dearest heart of all-and it's so damn much more than anybody else in all the world has ever had.” ThinkingWorldWantGivingFirstsHeartWishHalfGive MeDamnTrustedOther HalfHalf Of Me Author:Zelda Fitzgerald
“I just want Aerosmith to always give me a hard-on, that's all I ever ask for, for it to be the most special thing in my life. As long as I look at it through those eyes, it will always be that way.” WayWantGivingLooksLongHardEyeAsksSpecialGive MeSpecial ThingsAerosmith Author:Steven Tyler
“Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified. It is attitude. It is all the things that your parents told you not to do. It's the freedom to express yourself. It's being alive. It expresses the times. It's a magazine, a newspaper that tells the truth. If you listen to rap today, it's all about the truth. And that's what we all want. Just give me a little truth.” IfsWantGivingLittlesTodayParentAttitudeAliveRocksGive MeRapSexualityNewspapersMagazinesTelling The TruthRock N RollExpress Yourself Author:Steven Tyler
“I cannot tell you how many times guides have said to me, "Please tell them to stop praying to me. I can't make things happen. I can't protect them from going through challenging experiences. These are experiences their soul has chosen to go through. I'm here to keep them on their path, but I don't want them to give me all this attention or power or focus." Realistically, the guides I work with are really encouraging people to find their inner voice.” PeopleWantGivingSaidI CanSoulHappensVoiceChallengesAttentionPathFocusPrayingPleaseProtectGive MeGuidesThings HappenChosenInner VoiceMake Things Happen Author:Echo Bodine
“A novel can educate to some extent, but first a novel has to entertain. That's the contract with the reader: you give me ten hours and I'll give you a reason to turn every page. I have a commitment to accessibility. I believe in plot. I want an English professor to understand the symbolism while at the same time I want the people I grew up with - who may not often read anything but the Sears catalog - to read my books.” PeopleWantGivingFirstsBelieveMayBookReasonTurnsI BelieveHoursNovelGrewReaderTenGrew UpPagesCommitmentGive MeI Believe InPlotContractsProfessorsEducateSymbolismAccessibilitySears Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb or something. A lot of those old gospel songs still give me that feeling, that it's older than time and there's actually music that can tap into a universal subconscious, or whatever word you want to put on it.” WantGivingYearsStillsFeelingsRememberSongFeltHeardUniversalGive MeFamiliarSubconsciousRemember WhenWombGospel MusicGospel Songs Author:M. Ward
“I started producing out of necessity. It's not that I want to become a full time producer, but it gives me control over my creative life.” WantGivingCreativeGive MeProducersCreative Life Author:Michelle Glick
“I knew when I left to go to start my career, you don't want to get in front of a band and say, uh, give me "Stardust" without saying D-flat.” WantGivingLeftCareersFrontsBandGive MeFlatsStardust Author:Carl Gardner
“I know as a fan of music I want my favorite artists to give me as much content and music as possible , so that is what I am trying to do.” KnowsWantGivingTryingArtistFansGive MeMy FavoriteFavorite Artist Author:Jackson Harris
“I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the fact that everything's about bragging.” WantGivingI CanFactsArtistGive MeRelateBragging Author:Nas
“If you want me to shine, you need to give me the parole to do that.” IfsWantNeedsGivingGive MeShiningWant MeYou Want MeParoleIf You Want Me Author:Jeremy Scott
“What I do is really helping people in maximizing their income and to live the lives they want to live. I effect they're families, I effect their beliefs about themselves and it gives me so much joy” PeopleWantGivingHelpingJoyBeliefEffectsGive MeIncomeHelping PeopleMaximizing Author:John Assaraf
“For all the talk of my pictures being narratives or that they're about storytelling, there's really very little actually happening in the pictures. One of the few things I always tell people in my pictures is that I want less - give me something less.” PeopleWantGivingLittlesHappeningsGive MeStorytellingNarrative Author:Gregory Crewdson
“[Personal life] doesn't affect my creative process. It just gives me more subjects to talk about. Basically whatever you put in your music is how you want people to view you.” PeopleWantGivingProcessViewsCreativeSubjectsMusic IsGive MeCreative ProcessPersonal Life Author:Tyga