“If you want to go on the floor, go in disguise because otherwise you won't be able to. I would just put on a full Darth Vader costume and walk through Comic-Con so I can actually check it out and enjoy it as opposed to being approached by everyone, which is lovely, but it gets very difficult to enjoy because there's so many people there.” PeopleIfsWantI CanAbleEnjoyDifficultWalksGoes OnLovelyChecksComicDisguiseCostumesComic ConVader Author:Kunal Nayyar
“Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.” ThinkingWantAbleArtistDumb Author:Amy Lee
“I am a father, I am very aware of the things that I'm putting out in the world knowing that one day my children will watch the work that I've done. I want to be able to stand by it.” WorldWantChildrenDoneAbleFatherWatchesKnowingOne DayMy Children Author:David Oyelowo
“Didn't Lionel Richie just make a country album? No one is giving him a hard time... and God bless him - I love Lionel and should be able to do what he wants to do, like Madonna should, too. Both are having success and I applaud them. If you don't like it, don't buy it. The ageism criticism is getting old.” IfsWantGivingShouldCountryHardAbleCriticismAlbumsHard TimesBlessGetting OldGod BlessAgeism Author:Guy Oseary
“Each of us has the choice to attend the church we want to, or none at all. Separation of church and state allows for religions to have their own set of rules as to whom they will accept and who they won't, and the practices they support and the ones they don't. They will continue to be able to do so.” WantStatesAbleChoicesChurchAcceptingPracticeSupportSeparationChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And State Author:Pauley Perrette
“But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantCountryPlayAbleCareersRocksFrontsMusicianPerformancesJazzLastingSongwritingPunkSongwritersGroundwork Author:Amy Ray
“Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantShowsAbleThreePsychologyChangedProductsWasteResearchAskingCustomersPlentyFeaturesBehaveWasting Time Author:Eric Ries
“I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive.” PeopleWantLongAbleAliveI'm Alive Author:John Raitt
“I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to forget that it's me, that fame will stand in the way of my acting. I want to keep being able to change into different shapes and different personalities.” WayWantDifferentAbleForgetActingAudiencePersonalityShapesFameTheaterTerrified Author:Noomi Rapace
“In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.” ThinkingWantLooksAbleCareersShotsAthleteBest Shot Author:Paula Radcliffe
“I just want to be in the best shape I can be. Not to stand on that start line and say: 'Oh my God, I have this injury and that injury.' I just want to be able to go out and race.” WantI CanAbleLinesRaceShapesInjury Author:Paula Radcliffe
“The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.” IfsThinkingWantShouldIdeasAblePayWillingHigherPay The PriceGrids Author:Dana Spiotta
“When I'm playing my best, like I was at the U.S. Open, I feel on top of the match and able to do exactly what I want. There are other times when you're not in control, but that is tennis and you have momentum changes in every single match.” WantFeelsAbleTennisMomentum Author:Samantha Stosur
“With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.” WantWritingChildrenHandsAbleSchoolParentStudySpecialDemandTestsEarsMy ChildrenShakesStatisticsContractsPublic SchoolAccountingCalculusPrepsSpecial Education Author:Amity Shlaes
“People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate, whether a Republican or a Democrat, they should be able to do so.” PeopleIfsWantShouldAbleRepublicanDemocratCampaignsCandidates Author:Brian Sandoval
“I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsFeelsTryingMatterAbleGuyPlayerResponseStriveCoachesKnow It All Author:Gordon Strachan
“I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character.” ThinkingWantCharacterAblePositionTypeHollywoodTongueBitesVillain Author:Gabrielle Union
“I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.” PeopleWantGivingKidsAbleBack When Author:Karrie Webb
“I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get the whole spectrum of tones out of it. Since I normally play so hard, when I start picking a bit softer my tone changes completely, and that's really useful sometimes for creating a more laid-back feel.” IfsWantFeelsBelieveSometimesHardPlayWholeAbleBitsCreatingGuitarHonestlyToneSpectrumLaid Back Author:Angus Young
“I went to a Gestalt therapist and said that I want to be able to at least tell my muscles that aren't involved that they don't have to go into spasms too.” WantSaidAbleInvolvedMusclesTherapistsGestalt Author:Dick York
“Just like Tim Robbins is very political - and obviously, Arnold Schwarzenegger must be - I want to be able to have this public personality that's considered authoritative.” WantAblePoliticalPersonalitySchwarzenegger Author:Christy Carlson Romano
“When you meditate you will be able to get in touch with that part of yourself which knows what it wants, as opposed to the levels and layers of conditioning in your mind.” KnowsWantMindAbleLevelsMeditationBuddhismLayersConditioning Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, "Read," but a writer can read too much and be paralyzed. Or, "Don't read, don't think, just write," and the result could be a mountain of drivel. If you're going to be a writer you'll probably take a lot of wrong turns and then one day just end up writing something you have to write, then getting it better and better just because you want it to be better, and even when you get old and think, "There must be something else people do," you won't be able to quit.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWritingDifferentEndsMightAbleYoungTurnsResultsToo MuchOne DayMountainQuittingAdviseParalyzedYoung WritersWrong TurnDrivel Author:Alice Munro
“You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It's far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character's skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingWritingMindCharacterAbleDifficultEmotionStepsTeachHabitCircumstancesGiving UpSkinsDeterminedSentencesWhat You WantConventionalParagraphBasicsHabits Of Mind Author:Anne Bernays
“There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.” WantStillsAbleWonderfulSecure Author:K. D. Lang
“I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.” ThinkingWantShouldAbleJoyChallengesCoupleGayMarriedUnderstoodCommittedDeny Author:Al Franken
“The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.” KnowsWantWellsStoriesAbleFilmVisionWatchesDirectorsGreat ThingsFilm Set Author:Catherine McCormack
“Being rich and famous has never been my goal at all. I love to act and I want to be able to do really great parts.” WantAbleGoalRichReally GreatBeing Rich Author:Jenn Proske
“I’m very interested in sublimation. I love the way Francis Bacon talked about the grin without the cat, the sensation without the boredom of its conveyance… I’ve always wanted to be able to convey figurative imagery in a kind of shorthand, to get it across in as direct a way as possible. I want there to be a human presence without having to depict it in full.” WayWantHumansKindAbleWantedDirectCatBoredomSensationsImageryShorthand Author:Cecily Brown
“I know firsthand how alone you can feel when you’re being broken down in a relationship and forced to defend it or stay silent. Just being able to send a text message is anonymous and safe. Mary Kay and I believe that everyone deserves a safe, healthy relationship that makes you stronger and better and I want to make sure people know how to get the help they need.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsFeelsBelieveHelpingAbleI BelieveKnow HowBrokenHealthySafeMessagesDeserveStrongerSilentMaryJust BeingMakes You StrongerBroken DownHealthy RelationshipText MessageBeing BrokenMary Kay Author:Debby Ryan
“I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantMightAbleMotherFatherForgetBrotherTreatsForgivingHonestlyTreatedAdversariesGrudgeOlder Brother Author:Monte Irvin
“I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about.” WantGivingAbleRememberFilmAudience Author:Irvin Kershner
“When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work.” WantChildrenImportantHomeAbleNightMorningSunDadComfortMoonImportant ThingsCome UpComing Home Author:Keegan-Michael Key
“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'” MenWantYearsDoeSoulAbleFunnyWomenAnswersPsychologyResearchDespiteThirtyFemininePsychoanalysisThirty YearsFunny LoveWomen WantFeminine BeautyFeminine Energy Author:Sigmund Freud
“I was disappointed not to be able to sign [for Barcelona] last season. When the best club in the world calls you, then it is something that you want to happen. I have signed for the only club who really wanted me. In no moment did I ever think that Inter was a possibility. Rafa valued me and perhaps that is why people started saying that I could go there but this is the only club that pushed to sign me.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantMomentsHappensAbleWantedLastsPossibilitySeasonsClubsDisappointedBarcelona Author:Javier Mascherano
“We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies, we want that we will be able to live in an entirely different environment of relations with our enemies.” WantDifferentAbleFightingWinningEnemyEnvironmentRelationTiredCourageousDifferent EnvironmentsTired Of Fighting Author:Ehud Olmert
“Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports?” PeopleWantCareAbleCertainSportsTrainGuitarShoesHeavyPairsElectricWho CaresPair Of ShoesLuggageElectric Guitar Author:Lisa Loeb
“We artists can only go so far as the people can follow us. We are not alone, we are part of the system. We can take risks, but if you want to go to the peak of your consciousness, you may very well find yourself alone. Even if you know how to translate what you see, maybe only ten people will be able to understand what you tell. But, if you have faith in your vision, and retell it again and again, you will start noticing that, after a time, more people will begin to catch up with you.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantWellsMayAbleArtistConsciousnessVisionKnow HowRiskTenFinding YourselfHave FaithTranslateAgain And AgainNot AloneNoticing Author:Jean Giraud
“The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you.” WantReasonAbleUniverseWishEmbraceSupposed To BeSignposts Author:Yul Vazquez
“If you cheat, if your weights and measures are inaccurate, if your financial dealings are shoddy, if you take things that do not belong to you, you won't be able to hide it forever. People will find out. Then your reputation and your business will suffer, because people don't want to deal with someone who can't be trusted.” PeopleIfsWantAbleSufferingDealsForeverHonestyWeightFinancialReputationTrustedCheatDealings Author:Wayne D. Dosick
“I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour!” WantAbleWonderSizeHeavenlyConceptionI Want YouMagnificenceColossalSplendour Author:David Berg