Want Quotes | Beyond Motive 9/15

top of page

Want Quotes

"Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be."

"Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be."

W. Clement Stone, American Businessman

3

"They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics."

"They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics."

George Nethercutt, American Politician

3

"But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough."

"But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough."

Stephen Lewis, Canadian Politician

3

"I'm getting Puppetmasters, too. They're one of my favorites. And they're coming out with new Puppetmasters. I try not to get everything, but I want so much."

"I'm getting Puppetmasters, too. They're one of my favorites. And they're coming out with new Puppetmasters. I try not to get everything, but I want so much."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

3

"I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become."

"I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

3

"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

3

"And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment."

"And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

3

"All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer."

"All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer."

Crystal Gayle, American Musician

3

"We all want to look younger, become stronger and healthier and live longer."

"We all want to look younger, become stronger and healthier and live longer."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

3

"I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together."

"I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together."

Ed Miliband, British Politician

Want, Weapons, World

3

"I want to do something creative, not just easy."

"I want to do something creative, not just easy."

Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician

3

"All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left."

"All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left."

Cecil Beaton, English Photographer

3

"I want to take TSA to the next level."

"I want to take TSA to the next level."

John Pistole, American Public Servant

3

"I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no."

"I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

3

"My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again."

"My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again."

Danielle Steel, American Novelist

3

"What we want to be is something completely new. There is no physical analog for what Amazon.com is becoming."

"What we want to be is something completely new. There is no physical analog for what Amazon.com is becoming."

Jeff Bezos, American Businessman

3

"All architects want to live beyond their deaths."

"All architects want to live beyond their deaths."

Philip Johnson, American Architect

3

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Woody Allen, American Director

3

"I want to do a record with Monica Lewinsky."

"I want to do a record with Monica Lewinsky."

Luther Campbell, American Musician

3

"A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it."

"A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it."

John Milius, American Director

3

"If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it."

"If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

3

"I want to try out for Playmate actually. I talked to one of the photographers about doing test shots."

"I want to try out for Playmate actually. I talked to one of the photographers about doing test shots."

Trishelle Cannatella, American Celebrity

3

"I want to do a documentary about strippers, 'cause it's a moneymaker."

"I want to do a documentary about strippers, 'cause it's a moneymaker."

Method Man, American Musician

3

"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."

"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

3

"I want to be a writer someday."

"I want to be a writer someday."

Andrea Barber, American Actress

3

"I just didn't want to admit that he was dead."

"I just didn't want to admit that he was dead."

Lindy Boggs, American Politician

3

"What you guys want, I'm for."

"What you guys want, I'm for."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

3

"Simon would not want to audition in front of Simon."

"Simon would not want to audition in front of Simon."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

3

"It's great to want to be part of something, but it's a different thing completely to believe wholly in some type of movement, and to give everything for that something."

"It's great to want to be part of something, but it's a different thing completely to believe wholly in some type of movement, and to give everything for that something."

Brandon Boyd, American Musician

3

"I want to get off with the screenwriting."

"I want to get off with the screenwriting."

Obie Trice, American Musician

3

"I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about."

"I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

3

"If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side."

"If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

3

"I think we all want to be remembered for what we did."

"I think we all want to be remembered for what we did."

Jack Youngblood, American Athlete

3

"Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online."

"Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online."

Jeff Bezos, American Businessman

3

"I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell."

"I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

3

"Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless."

"Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless."

Jamie Zawinski, American Scientist

3

"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."

"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

3

"I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?"

"I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?"

Larry King, American Entertainer

3

"I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level."

"I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level."

Morris Chestnut, American Actor

3

"I want to be cutting-edge."

"I want to be cutting-edge."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

3

"They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up."

"They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up."

Sarah Palin, American Politician

3

"It's not so much what do I want to be doing in 15 years, it's how I want to be in 15 years."

"It's not so much what do I want to be doing in 15 years, it's how I want to be in 15 years."

Ali MacGraw, American Actress

3

"You can never get enough of what you don't want."

"You can never get enough of what you don't want."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

3

"Your child is happy. What else could you want?"

"Your child is happy. What else could you want?"

Yannick Noah, French Athlete

3

"Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife."

"Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife."

Shelley Winters, American Actress

3

"I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements."

"I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements."

Penelope Lively, English Author

3

"There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts."

"There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

3

"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

3

"I'm not an expert, but I want to be."

"I'm not an expert, but I want to be."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

3

"I think part of what happens is that small labels want to get bigger. And bigger is not better."

"I think part of what happens is that small labels want to get bigger. And bigger is not better."

Joshua Homme, American Musician

3

bottom of page