Want Quotes | Beyond Motive 13/15

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"I've sown all the oats I want to sow."

"I've sown all the oats I want to sow."

Stephanie Zimbalist, American Actress

9

"There's always a price for what you want."

"There's always a price for what you want."

Steve Perry, American Musician

9

"You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree."

"You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree."

Rafik Hariri, Lebanese Statesman

9

"The overriding rule, if you want to run a domain, is to be fair."

"The overriding rule, if you want to run a domain, is to be fair."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

9

"I don't have any pangs to where I want to be with the Broncos."

"I don't have any pangs to where I want to be with the Broncos."

John Elway, American Athlete

9

"The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do."

"The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do."

Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian Athlete

9

"It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important."

"It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

9

"If you tell me I can't have something then that just makes me want it more."

"If you tell me I can't have something then that just makes me want it more."

Anna Benson, American Celebrity

9

"I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series."

"I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series."

Rickey Henderson, American Athlete

9

"I want to stay in Hawaii a little while. I'm kind of liking it over there."

"I want to stay in Hawaii a little while. I'm kind of liking it over there."

Josh Holloway, American Actor

9

"So let's say you're using XYZ product and you want to do something very sophisticated. You subscribe to this thing, you hit a button, and a CA expert pops up in video."

"So let's say you're using XYZ product and you want to do something very sophisticated. You subscribe to this thing, you hit a button, and a CA expert pops up in video."

Sanjay Kumar, Indian Businessman

9

"I always want to write something better than the last book."

"I always want to write something better than the last book."

Tracy Kidder, American Author

9

"Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me?"

"Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me?"

Claire Forlani, English Actress

9

"If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go."

"If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go."

Deval Patrick, American Politician

8

"Shirley Maclaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too."

"Shirley Maclaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too."

Joyce DeWitt, American Actress

8

"You never really want anything you can easily have."

"You never really want anything you can easily have."

Bijou Phillips, American Actress

8

"When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance."

"When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

8

"It is important for us consciously to say, or claim, only the things we want rather than what we do not want."

"It is important for us consciously to say, or claim, only the things we want rather than what we do not want."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

8

"I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, 'It made me want to be a farmer.'"

"I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, 'It made me want to be a farmer.'"

June Lockhart, American Actress

8

"What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly."

"What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly."

Terry Brooks, American Writer

8

"I want you to see that I'm looking. Look at me look at you. I'm cool with that."

"I want you to see that I'm looking. Look at me look at you. I'm cool with that."

Busta Rhymes, American Musician

8

"I don't think I want to win anything I think I want to die unadorned."

"I don't think I want to win anything I think I want to die unadorned."

Frank O'Hara, American Poet

8

"I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is."

"I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is."

Phil Anselmo, American Musician

8

"You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off."

"You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off."

Jim Lehrer, American Journalist

8

"I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again."

"I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again."

Rick Allen, American Musician

8

"I miss doing a series, but I don't want to do a series for a series' sake."

"I miss doing a series, but I don't want to do a series for a series' sake."

Bobby Sherman, American Musician

8

"We all want to thank Emmitt for allowing us to enjoy every yard."

"We all want to thank Emmitt for allowing us to enjoy every yard."

Michael Irvin, American Athlete

8

"What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots."

"What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots."

Dennis Quaid, American Actor

8

"And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know."

"And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know."

Frank Bruno, British Athlete

8

"I didn't want to do something typical."

"I didn't want to do something typical."

Beck, American Musician

8

"Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me."

"Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me."

Arielle Dombasle, French Actress

8

"Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid."

"Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid."

Lucian Freud, British Artist

8

"It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone."

"It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone."

Aaliyah, American Musician

8

"I want to be remembered as one of the best record producers of my era."

"I want to be remembered as one of the best record producers of my era."

Jan Berry, American Musician

8

"And so um, I knew that I really didn't want to be a priest and didn't want to be a celibate, though I could probably manage it. Um, and um, ultimately I left."

"And so um, I knew that I really didn't want to be a priest and didn't want to be a celibate, though I could probably manage it. Um, and um, ultimately I left."

Thomas Keneally, Australian Novelist

8

"Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter."

"Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter."

Mel Tillis, American Musician

8

"It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find."

"It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find."

Leon Uris, American Writer

8

"They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact."

"They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact."

Barney Ross, American Athlete

7

"Always I pay. Always I pay. How do you know Gelli? What do you want? How much do you want?"

"Always I pay. Always I pay. How do you know Gelli? What do you want? How much do you want?"

Roberto Calvi, Italian Businessman

7

"I want someone who can handle me. And I'm not the easiest person to handle."

"I want someone who can handle me. And I'm not the easiest person to handle."

Robin Givens, American Actress

7

"The audience is the camera. I don't want the audience to sit and watch, I want it to move."

"The audience is the camera. I don't want the audience to sit and watch, I want it to move."

King Hu, Chinese Director

7

"If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance."

"If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance."

Al Bernstein, American Writer

7

"We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons."

"We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons."

Wolfgang Petersen, German Director

7

"I want to make the world better."

"I want to make the world better."

Gordon Getty, American Businessman

7

"If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm."

"If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm."

Frank Lane, American Businessman

7

"The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot."

"The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot."

David Lee Roth, American Musician

7

"Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp."

"Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

7

"I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped."

"I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped."

Harold Washington, American Politician

7

"We don't ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back."

"We don't ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back."

Tony Scott, British Director

7

"Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things."

"Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things."

James Darren, American Actor

7

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