“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
“And lastly, Chairman Khrushchev has compared the United States to a worn-out runner living on its past performance, and stated that the Soviet Union would out-produce the United States by 1970. Without wishing to trade hyperbole with the Chairman, I do suggest that he reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he his caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.” LongIdeasStatesPastWishUnitedUnited StatesProduceWallSkinsPerformancesTradeUnionsCaughtSovietWornRunnersTigersHuntersSoviet UnionChairmanLiving OnWorn OutHyperbole Author:John F. Kennedy
“I wish the iPhone people would design one that's black and has two pieces, and it plugs into the wall and you can pick one piece up and talk into it. I tell you, the whole time I had one of those old-fashioned plug-in phones, not once did I misplace it.” PeopleTwoWholeWishBlackPiecesDesignWallPicksPhonesOld FashionedIphoneOne PiecePlugs Author:David Letterman
“What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside their arms, even while sleeping or eating, and are always in dread lest the foe should enter the fortress by some breach in the walls. O my Lord and my all! How canst thou wish us to prize such a wretched existence?” MenWorldLifeShouldWishSleepExistenceLordEnemyDoorsThis WorldWallArmsEatingLaysMiseryPrizeDreadFoeWretchedBreachFortresses Book:The Interior Castle, or the Mansions Source: The Interior Castle, or the Mansions
“Time is running out for us But you just move the hands upon the clock You throw coins in the wishing well For us You just move your hands upon the wall” WellsHandsRunningMovingWishWallClockCoinsWell WishesTime Is Running OutTime Running Out Author:Thom Yorke
“Where wildness and disorder are visible in the dance, there Satan, death and all kinds of mischief are likewise upon the floor. For this reason I could wish that the dance of death were painted on the walls of all ball-rooms in order to warn the dancers, not by the levity of their deportment, to provoke the God of righteousness to visit them with a sudden judgment.” KindReasonOrderWishRoomsWallJudgmentBallsDancingAll KindsSatanVisibleDancerRighteousnessDisorderProvokingMischiefWildnessLevity Author:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing