Home / Topics / Wish Quotes

Wish Quotes

Browse 9106 quotes about Wish.

Wish Quotes

“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”

Source: Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics

“The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation ... it is common to wish well to oneself, but in our technically unified world, wishing well to oneself is sure to be futile unless it is combined with wishing well to others.”

World Wells Wish Common Mankind Oneself Cooperation Unified Well Wishes

Book:Man's Peril, 1954-55

Source: Man's Peril, 1954-55

“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”

Wells Hands Running Moving Wish Wall Clock Coins Well Wishes Time Is Running Out Time Running Out

Author:Thom Yorke

“Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me, because there are different paths for these two divergent goals. The decision to be a true artist is lonelier and slower, but it will lead to better work and, I think, a better life. Very rarely you will be a good and honest writer and also know a little comfort and some attention and the well wishes of a crowd. This is very rare.”

Thinking Knows Wells Littles Two Different Today Artist Wish Goal Decision Attention Path Honest Comfort Crowds Better Life Divergent True Artists Different Paths Well Wishes

Author:Tennessee Williams

“The conservative may clamor against reform, but he might as well clamor against the centrifugal force. He sighs for the "good old times,"--he might as well wish the oak back into the acorn.”

Wells May Might Force Wish Conservative Reform Sigh Conservatism Oaks Old Time Clamor Acorns Well Wishes

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin