Top 630 Want Quotes

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
Karl Popper
Clothes have memories, and sometimes you don’t want to remember. People remember where they bought the clothes, who gave them, or where they stole them from.
Sam Worthington
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
William S. Burroughs
If you want to win the game, you have to be aggressive.
Marouane Fellaini
I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but s

I don’t want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.
Jack Ma
The transgender bathroom thing – it’s just so obvious that people are scared of what they don’t understand. It’s like, ‘I don’t want to deal with the fact that some people might have been born in the wrong body.’
Nikki Glaser
I’m just here for good times, man. I want people to have the best time ever. Especially if they’re around me.
Travis Scott
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
Sydney J. Harris
If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after the facts. That’s what modern authoritarians do. You lie. All the time. Then, you say it’s your opponents and the journalists who lie.
Maria Ressa
Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The dream is to have it all. Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too? Live this life, that life, this life, you know? You only live one time – I want to get it all in.
Paul Walker
It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.
Woody Allen
I was given such a great gift. It’s a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I’ll be. I just want to be a better man.
Jake Owen
People can say what they want about me. But I’ve got a big heart and will keep going.
Tyson Fury
If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you’ll need their help. And two, because it’s a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do.
Simon Sinek
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.
Mark Twain
I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems.
Keanu Reeves
It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
Rita Rudner
As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
Larry Bird
Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.
David Goggins
Just getting older, you stop caring what other people think, but also, you know who you are, and you know what you want.
Sharon Van Etten
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
Elizabeth I
Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?
Eminem
Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.
Mitch Hedberg
I don’t want to be interesting. I want to be good.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
Richard Bach
Your mind is a magnet. You don’t attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
Carlos Santana
I want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being.
Confucius
I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn’t want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.
Harrison Ford
Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to.
Henny Youngman
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.
Steve Jobs
Writing means sharing. It’s part of the human condition to want to share things – thoughts, ideas, opinions.
Paulo Coelho
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
Woody Allen
I don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
Lemmy
I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
Marilyn Monroe
We’re not perfect, but we want to do the right thing.
Charlie Bell
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
Sydney Smith
Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.
Princess Diana
Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.
Thomas Sowell
I’m here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
Charles R. Swindoll
When I was a child, there’s one thing I said: ‘I never want to be alone.’ That’s what I would say. I don’t want to be alone.
Elon Musk
While living I want to live well.
Geronimo
Do what you want to try doing. Take whatever you get out of it and have fun.
J-Hope
I never want to grow up.
Tyler, The Creator
Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.
Colin Powell
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.
Jim Rohn
I’m not possessive, I’m caring… Once you realize a person doesn’t want that much care, you automatically back off.
Salman Khan
There’s too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin’ to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there’s a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you’re not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.
Alicia Keys
When your dreams include service to others – accomplishing something that contributes to others – it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.
Jack Canfield
We’re only on the earth for a short period of time. Movies aren’t enough. I want to take my success and parlay it into something bigger and better.
Paul Walker
‘Minecraft’ is to a large degree about having unique experiences that nobody else has had. The levels are randomly generated, and you can build anything you want to build yourself.
Markus Persson
If you want to laugh, see a comedy. If you want to cry, see a drama, and if you want suspense, see a thriller.
Charlie Murphy
I don’t want to be a thief of my own wallet.
Johan Cruyff
I threw up before every single football game I played, and I did so up through my NFL career. It was good pressure. It was pressure to be good. It was pressure to be the best. It was pressure to want to win.
Jim Kelly
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
Michael Jordan
In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to.
Bruce Barton
What can cake teach you about life? That practice makes perfect, and if you try something once, it probably won’t be perfect, and you have to keep working on it if you want to be good at it.
Nicole Byer
I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.
John Coltrane
God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.
Terrell Owens
Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?
Thomas J. Watson
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what you think it is you want to hear.
Alan Coren
At the end of the day, we all want to win, so everybody has to sacrifice when you want to be a part of something special.
Jayson Tatum
The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame.
Viola Davis
I want a real revolution, a real change in society: society, a great organic mass of well-regulated forces used for the bringing-about a happy life for all.
William Morris
All creative people want to do the unexpected.
Hedy Lamarr
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don’t want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.
Deontay Wilder
If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
Will Rogers
I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
Audrey Hepburn