“I guess he wanted to see a little more sexual activity because in real life, in bed I think less is more and let the woman come to me. Frankly, I don't even need a woman there.” ThinkingNeedsLittlesRealWantedComedyActivityBedReal LifeLess Is More Author:Garry Shandling
“Everest has a special place in all of our imaginations. For centuries, Everest was a little bit like the moon. It was the place where everyone wanted to go. Empires wanted to be able to say that they were the first to put a climber on top of Everest. So when a tragedy happens up on that mountain, I think it has a global resonance. Everybody's heard of Everest. Everybody knows what Everest is and what it means, and the significance.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsMeanLittlesHappensAbleWantedBitsImaginationHeardSpecialCenturyMoonMountainLittle BitTragedyEmpiresSignificanceResonanceEverestSpecial PlacesClimbers Author:Richard Engel
“I don't know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can.I guess I was maybe in little league baseball as far as I wanted to be good at that. But school, I certainly wasn't the best at that.” KnowsWantLittlesI CanWantedSchoolSucceedBaseballBe GoodLeagueDo The BestLittle LeagueLittle League Baseball Author:Adam Sandler
“I always wanted to write, even before I realized that there was a comedy writers' world, or what that life was like. I never thought of myself, at least as a little kid, in terms of being the onscreen talent. I always thought it'd be so much fun to write sketches and be a writer. Even as little as 6 or 7, that's what my main interest was.” WorldWritingLittlesKidsWantedFunTermInterestComedyTalentI RealizedLittle Kid Author:Mindy Kaling
“I haven't always wanted to be an actor, no. I wasn't one of the little kids that was desperate to be an actor. I did a lot of drama and a lot of music, but it was just something for fun on the side. I was quite shy as a kid and I found a lot of freedom in performing. I never knew you could do it as a job.” LittlesKidsWantedJobsActorsFoundFunSidesHavensDramaPerformingDesperateShyLittle Kid Author:Gemma Chan
“My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it. And I think it's because she was an immigrant and that idea of sort of having her kids be able to have access to their dreams and whatever they wanted to follow was very important to her.” ThinkingKnowsKindLittlesImportantIdeasDreamKidsAbleWantedParentBoysSupportCrazyMomMy MomAccessImmigrantsRacingBikeSupportiveSurfingCrazy ThingsBoy ScoutBmx Author:Terry Gross
“I appreciate your giving my book -- and in no small way, me -- a chance. To thank you, I really wanted to acknowledge all of you in the book. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough room for each name. So I've put in a code name that stands for all of you reading this book. The name is 'Mom.' It will be our little secret. So when you see 'Mom' in the acknowledgments, you'll know I'm really talking about you. And don't let my mother try to tell you otherwise.” KnowsWayGivingTryingLittlesBookEnoughWantedMotherReadingNamesChanceRoomsSecretTalkingMomAppreciateCodeAcknowledgeAcknowledgmentAppreciate You Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“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
“[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.” WayLittlesWantedBitsLittle BitLiftsTouchedMarvelousMetaphysicalBeing MeHem Author:Mae West
“One time, I brought Prince to the set. He's a friend of mine, and he asked to come. Everyone wanted to meet him, but he's a little shy.” LittlesWantedMinesShyOne Time Author:Kirstie Alley
“I always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university I started doing stand up shows. Once I realized that I was good at it I quit college and left although I had six months left. I went to England. I could have done the last six months but I realized that I was better at standup comedy than I was at singing opera.” LittlesDoneShowsKidsWantedLastsLeftComedyCollegeMonthsSixSingingEnglandUniversityI RealizedQuittingComedianOperaSix MonthsLittle KidI Quit Author:Jim Jefferies
“I started acting when I was about nine. I always wanted to get into acting since I was really little but my parents would never let me because they'd heard all the bad stuff about being in the business as a young actor and stuff like that.” LittlesWantedYoungActorsStuffParentActingHeardLet MeNineYoung ActorsBad Stuff Author:Josh Hutcherson
“There may be something in the fact that when I was a little kid I'd been told growing up that we had some degree of native American blood in us, I always found that a point of pride. So, when it came to cowboys and Indians I most certainly did not want to be John Wayne. I wanted to be one of the Indians.” WantMayLittlesFactsKidsWantedFoundGrowing UpGrowingBloodPrideDegreesNativeNative AmericanCowboyLittle KidWayne Author:Johnny Depp
“I became more courageous by doing the very things I needed to be courageous for-first, a little, and badly. Then, bit by bit, more and better. Being avidly-sometimes annoy-ingly-curious and persistent about discovering how others were doing what I wanted to do.” FirstsLittlesSometimesWantedBitsNeededCuriousCourageousAnnoyingDiscoveringPersistentBe Courageous Author:Audre Lorde
“There were too many lemmings - that was the core of their difficulty. None wanted solitude, but a crowd of this size was a torment. Being sensitive little beasts, they became overstimulated by superfluous numbers of their own kind. They had tried to escape, but with pitiable irony, all tried to escape together.” KindLittlesWantedTogetherNumbersSolitudeDifficultySizeCrowdsCoreIronySensitiveBeastTormentSuperfluousLemmings Author:Sally Carrighar
“I was fifteen, or sixteen. I was in high school. I was spending a summer in California with my second cousins. And I wanted to be a director really bad. I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.” LittlesHomeKidsWantedSchoolComedyDramaDirectorsSummerHigh SchoolSpendingCaliforniaNeighborhoodTwelveFifteenCousinSixteen Author:Steven Spielberg
“I had been drawing my weekly comic strip, 'Life in Hell,' for about five years when I got a call from Jim Brooks, who was developing 'The Tracey Ullman Show' for the brand-new Fox network. He wanted me to come in and pitch an idea for doing little cartoons on that show.” YearsLittlesIdeasShowsWantedHellFiveDrawingBrandsComicDevelopingFive YearsFoxesCartoonBrooksBrand NewComic Strips Author:Matt Groening
“When shopping at Dunkin' Donuts, pretend you are the mother of nine. Say things like, 'Little David likes cream-filled and Susie wanted jelly.' That way, no one will be suspicious when you order a dozen donuts with one cup of coffee to go.” WayLittlesWantedMotherOrderEatingFilledCoffeeNineLikesCupsShoppingDozenCreamSuspiciousCoffee CupJellyDonutsDunkin Donuts Author:Linda Sunshine
“College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund.” LittlesWantedCollegeSavingMaking MoneyExpensiveFundSavingsHere And There Author:Gillian Jacobs
“After the falling out with my father, I worked on a couple of ranches - thoroughbred layup farms, actually - out toward Chino, California. That was fine for a little while, but I wanted to get out completely, and twenty miles away wasnt far enough.” LittlesEnoughWantedFallFatherFineCoupleTwentiesMilesCaliforniaFarmsMiles AwayThoroughbreds Author:Sam Shepard
“The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.” LittlesWantedActorsStarsTruth IsMovie Star Author:Cathy Moriarty
“While 'Felicity' was successful in the States, and I had opportunities to do other stuff, I didn't want to do anything to make myself more famous. I wasn't dealing well with the celebrity of all of that. I was 23 - just a kid - and not coming from money, it was all just too much. I just wanted to slow it down a little bit, and gain control.” WantWellsLittlesStatesKidsWantedOpportunityStuffBitsSuccessfulToo MuchLittle BitGainsFelicity Author:Keri Russell
“I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was made about them. I had, for instance, early discovered that, if you gave a baby a finger to hold, it held it. This was perhaps interesting, but it wanted greatly in the dear element of surprise.” IfsLittlesMadeWantedInterestInterestingOpinionBabyElementsSurpriseFingersDearAttractionInstanceJustifyInfantElement Of Surprise Book:The Singing Gold Source: The Singing Gold
“Funny story: I was hanging out with Adam Shankman for Samantha Ronson's birthday, and Lance Bass was there. I don't really know Lance, but he comes over to me and goes, 'Hey, I just wanted to let you know I'm a fan of 'Pretty Little Liars' and I'm rooting for your character.' It was surreal! That's how 'PLL' has changed my life.” KnowsLittlesCharacterStoriesWantedFansChangedHeyLiarsHanging OutAdamSurrealBassChanged My LifeFunny StorySamantha Author:Ryan Guzman
“To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didnt have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless youre going to choreograph things yourself, youre at the service of someone else.” WritingLittlesMomentsStoriesInspirationWantedExerciseShapesDancingGreat Moments Author:Lorrie Moore
“I went through that phase where I wanted to almost be different than my brother. Just kind of argued a little louder or if there was a curfew, I always came in a little later than I was supposed to. If it was set for 12, I would come in at 12:45. I would test the limits a little. There was no real reason and I grew out of it, eventually.” IfsKindLittlesDifferentRealReasonWantedBrotherGrewLimitsTestsMy BrotherPhasesCurfew Author:Eli Manning
“The girls that I grew up with, and my friends and I, we just never had interests in common. I loved comedy. I loved Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner, Lucille Ball, and Goldie Hawn movies. I just wanted to laugh. I liked women in comedy, and I liked male comics as I got a little older. My interests just never matched up with other girls'.” LittlesWantedNightGirlInterestCommonLaughingComedyGrewGrew UpMy FriendsBallsMalesSaturdaySaturday NightOther GirlMatchedSaturday Night Live Author:Amy Schumer
“That was what he wanted, to be baked dry and hard, to feel the vaporous worries evaporating one by one, to know finally that all the damp little doubts and hesitations that covered the floor of his being were curling up and expiring in the great furnace-blast of the sun.” KnowsFeelsLittlesHardWantedWorrySunDoubtDryCoveredBlastHesitationDampFurnaces Book:The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House Source: The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House