“You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more....My friends, if you took me away from this land it would be very hard for me. I wish to die in this land. I wish to be an old man here....I have not wished to give even a part of it to the Great Father. Though he would give me a million dollars or more I would not give to him this land....When people want to slaughter cattle they drive them along until they get them to a corral, and then they slaughter them. So it was with us....My children have been exterminated; my brother has been killed.” PeopleIfsMenWantGivingYearsChildrenHas BeensTwoHardWould BeDiesFatherWishMillionsLandBrotherThousandMy FriendsGive MeDollarsEastDrivenMy ChildrenMy BrotherNativeOld ManNative AmericanThousand YearsMillion DollarsSlaughterCattleGreat FatherWish To Die Author:Standing Bear
“There are quite a lot of people asking for a painting so I'm not able to fulfil all their wishes. And this gives me a lot of freedom, because if I cannot please them at all I don't have to start to try.” PeopleIfsGivingTryingAbleWishPaintingPleaseGive MeAsking Author:Norbert Bisky
“I see a flower. It gives me a sensation of the beautiful. I wish to paint it. And as soon as I wish to paint it I see the whole subject - flower - changed. It is now an art problem to resolve.” GivingArtWholeProblemBeautifulWishSubjectsChangedFlowerGive MePaintResolveSensations Author:Georges Vantongerloo
“I have always admired him (Bergman), and I wish I could be an equally good filmmaker as he is, but it will never happen. His love for the cinema almost gives me a guilty conscience” GivingHappensWishConscienceGive MeGuiltyCinemaFilmmakerHis LoveGuilty ConscienceBergman Author:Steven Spielberg
“If I had Aladdin's lamp and the usual three wishes, the first would always be, 'Give me the first day of June.” IfsGivingFirstsThreeWishGive MeUsualLampsJuneThree WishesAladdin's Lamp Book:The book of Stillmeadow Source: The book of Stillmeadow
“O thanks be to the great God I got somebody to give me what I badly wanted to put some heart up into me youve no chances at all inthis place like you used long ago I wish somebody would write me a loveletter.” LoveGivingWritingHeartLongWantedUsedWishSexChanceLike YouGive MeThanksIrelandLong Ago Book:ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series) Source: ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series)
“I love horror movies, I wish I would get more roles to do more horror movies. I got to make a living so I take what they give me, but if I could be the next Vincent Price I would be the happiest guy in the world.” IfsWorldGivingWould BeGuyNextWishRolesHorrorGive MeIf I Could Author:Nick Damici
“I made lots of movies while in school while everybody else was running around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a movie. I wish they'd give me some film."” GivingMadeRunningSchoolFilmWishGive Me Author:George Lucas