“I wish that the circuses that were around now felt like they did then. They're not quite as elegant or as magical as they used to be. There was something about the old tent shows, the Big Top, the canvas, the lights, the sawdust, the hay and the animals that's just missing now. Now, it's all urbanized and maybe a little garish.” LittlesShowsBigsLightUsedWishFeltAnimalMissingUsed To BeCanvasElegantCircusTentsHaySawdust Author:Francis Lawrence
“If you wish others to respect you, you must show respect for them...Everyone wants to feel that he counts for something and is important to someone. Invariably, people will give their love, respect, and attention to the person who fills that need. Consideration for others generally reflects faith in self and faith in others.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsGivingFeelsPersonsImportantSelfShowsWishAttentionConsiderationLove RespectShow RespectConsideration For Others Author:Ari Kiev
“If a woman is wearing the burqa, it's not her wish. It's more that she feels secure from the Taliban, secure from acid if she were to show her face.” IfsFeelsShowsFacesWishSecureAcidTalibanBurqa Author:Malina Suliman
“The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.” RealFactsShowsWishFreedomNotionBoundsLiberationBondage Book:Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi Source: Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
“The gulfing whale was like a dot in the spell. Yet look upon it, and 'twould size and swell To its huge self, and the minutest fish Would pass the very hardest gazer's wish, And show his little eye's anatomy.” LooksLittlesSelfShowsEyeWishHugeSizeFishesHardestLook UpSpellsWhalesDotsAnatomyMy Wish Author:William Blake
“I should practice what I preach. It's a lot easier to show and teach people how to love themselves than it is to do it yourself. I still struggle with it sometimes. I wish sometimes I could always feel that I'm good enough, smart enough and gosh darn it, people like me!” PeopleFeelsShouldStillsSometimesEnoughShowsWishTeachPracticeStruggleEasierSmartLike MeGood EnoughDo It YourselfHow To Love Author:Pandora Boxx
“In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And I just wish we could devise a system where critics came not on a single evening but were given a choice of performances to attend.” FirstsI CanTwoWholeFactsShowsRememberNightChoicesGivenWishCareersPerformancesCriticsEvening Author:Richard McCabe
“It is always disagreeable to take stands. It is always easier to compromise, always easier to let things go. To many women, and I am one of them, it is extraordinarily difficult to care about anything enough to cause disagreement or unpleasant feelings, but I have come to the conclusion that this must be done for a time until we can prove our strength and demand respect for our wishes. We cannot even be of real service in the coming campaign and speak as a united body of women unless we have the respect of men and show that when we express a wish, we are willing to stand by it.” MenRealDoneEnoughShowsFeelingsBodyCareSpeakWishCausesDifficultUnitedWillingEasierDemandProveCampaignsConclusionCompromiseDisagreementDisagreeableLetting Things Go Book:Love, Eleanor: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends Source: Love, Eleanor: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends
“What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: "Paint me just as I am." Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it.” IfsShowsArtistWishPerfectSubjectsPhotographyAbsolutesPaintPhotographerPainterPortraitsFidelityOld Days Author:Aubrey Beardsley
“The thought of people in this day and age sitting down to listen to a radio variety show on Saturday evening is rather implausible and was even more so in 1974 when we started “A Prairie Home Companion.” Thank goodness Minnesota Public Radio was too poor to afford good advice or the show never would've got on the air. We only did it because we knew it would be fun to do. It was a dumb idea. I wish I knew how to be that dumb again.” PeopleIdeasShowsHomeWould BeAgeFunWishPoorAirAdviceGoodnessSittingRadioEveningVarietyDumbCompanionThis DaySaturdayGood AdviceSitting DownMinnesotaPrairiePublic RadioSaturday Evening Author:Garrison Keillor
“Our lives show the accumulation of all of our varied wishes. Wanting something with all your heart will begin to slough away all of your untrue and idle wishes. Success comes from an undivided heart.” HeartShowsWishOur LivesIdleAccumulationUntrueSlough Author:Chuck Spezzano
“I always wish the hotels were like they are in movies and TV shows, where if you're in Paris, right outside your window is the Eiffel Tower. In Egypt, the pyramids are right there. In the movies, every hotel has a monument right outside your window. My hotel rooms overlook the garbage dumpster in the back alley.” IfsShowsWishRoomsTvsWindowParisHotelTowersTv ShowsEgyptGarbageMonumentPyramidsAlleysHotel RoomsEiffel TowerEiffelDumpstersBack Alleys Author:Gilbert Gottfried