January 9, 2008Quotations : You see, I want a lot…
From our newsletter Outside the Lines
Smart people thinking out loud about what they want
“I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.”
-Jane Wagner, American writer (for comedian Lily Tomlin)
“People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven’t what they want, that they really don’t want it.”
-Ogden Nash American poet
“The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.”
-Anatole France, French writer
“What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”
-Bob Dylan, American musician
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
-The Dalai Lama, Tibetan religious leader
“I am an old man, but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.”
-Pablo Casals, Spanish musician
“The idle mind knows not what it wants.”
-Quintus Ennius, Roman poet
“A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.”
-Yiddish Proverb
“You can’t always get what you want…but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.”
-The Rolling Stones, British rock band
“Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.”
-Anonymous
“If you don’t want anyone to know, don’t do it.”
-Chinese Proverb
“I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner.”
-Sarah Polley, Canadian film director
Ellen » 10 January 2008, 6:43 am