“I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours.” WantWantedWishLandBaby Author:Sharon Creech
“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
“I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.” WantCultureHouseWishMy OwnLandWallWindowFamiliarShakesPermitOther Cultures Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee.” MayLeftWishSeaLandMinesComfortChainsTheeVainTiesLand And Sea Author:William Wordsworth
“My hopes were all dead --- struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the first-born in the land of Egypt. I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive.” FirstsNightWishBornLandLaysDisappointmentYesterdaySubtleEgyptChillDoomCorpsesOne NightGlowingStarksReviveBlooming Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“Perhaps the time has come to formulate a moral code which would govern our relations with the great creatures of the sea as well as with those on dry land. That this will come to pass is my dear wish.” WellsWishMoralSeaLandCreaturesRiversRelationDearFishesBoatCodeDryLakesFishingMoral CodeDry Land Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau
“Poetry is a diary kept by a sea creature who lives on land and wishes he could fly.” WishSeaLandCreaturesPoetry IsDiaries Author:Carl Sandburg
“As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: "Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened" is one of the funniest lines in any film.” ThinkingFilmWishLinesHappenedLandAll Time Author:Richard Ayoade
“We must protect each other against the attacks of those self-appointed watchdogs of patriotism now abroad in the land who irresponsibly pin red labels on anyone whom they wish to destroy. ... [Academic professionals are the only person competant to differentiate between honest independents and the Communists.] This is our responsibility. It is not a pleasant task. But if it is left to outsiders, the distinction is not likely to be made and those independent critics of social institutions among us who are one of the glories of a true university could be silenced.” IfsPersonsMadeSelfLeftWishSocialSilenceResponsibilityLandHonestProtectGloryRedTasksIndependentInstitutionsCriticsUniversityLabelsPleasantDistinctionPatriotismCommunistAcademicOutsidersPinsDifferentiateIrresponsibilitySocial Institutions Author:Joel Henry Hildebrand
“If you wish to live exactly as you please, the Angkar will put aside a small piece of land for you.” IfsWishPiecesLandPleaseSmall Pieces Author:Pol Pot