If You Want Me Quotes - Page 2

• Me: "If you want me to be a teenager, don't send me to Support Group. Buy me a fake ID so I can go to clubs, drink vodka, and take pot." Mom: "You don't take pot, for starters." Me: "See, that's the kind of thing I'd know if you got me a fake ID.

  John Green

  Mom, Teenager, Fake

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.214, Penguin

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• I wasn't saying whatever they're saying I was saying. I'm sorry I said it really. I never meant it to be a lousy anti-religious thing. I apologize if that will make you happy. I still don't know quite what I've done. I've tried to tell you what I did do but if you want me to apologize, if that will make you happy, then OK, I'm sorry.

  John Lennon

  Religious, Jesus, Sorry

  "Proof the Beatles are bigger than Jesus!" by Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2009.

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• If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.

  Walt Whitman

  Death, Dying, Looks

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.83, NYU Press

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• Unbelievable," I heard Christian mutter behind me. "She toops them both?" I head Drustan ask. "And they permit it?" Dageus sounded baffled. I looked between V'lane and Barrons. "This isn't even about me." "You're wrong about that." Barrons reached into his pocket and pulled out a cell phone. "You know how to find me if you want me." He was walking away. "More nifty acronyms?" He was gone.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Christian, Cells, Walking Away

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• Eugenie, my sweet, your outraged protests are adorable, but they only continue to slow us down. If you want me to help you, then let me. If you don't, then take me to one of those places where human women wear revealing clothing and quickly lose their virtue through alcohol.

  Richelle Mead

  Sweet, Adorable, Alcohol

  Richelle Mead (2012). “Richelle Mead Dark Swan Bundle: Storm Born, Thorn Queen, Iron Crowned & Shadow Heir”, p.281, Zebra Books

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• I would say that during the time that I was 14 and pregnant - I didn't even know what pregnancy was when I got pregnant - I was trying to do everything I could to harm myself. I said to God, "God, if you want me to die, then you're going to have to kill me".

  Oprah Winfrey

  Pregnancy, Trying, Want

  Source: www.aarp.org

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• Don't send me your script if you want me to play the black best friend; I just won't do that.

  David Oyelowo

  Play, Black, Want

  "David Oyelowo On Acting, His Royal Roots And The One Role He Won't Take". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 28, 2015.

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• If you want me to rule out ever being Manchester United manager, I can't. Special clubs need special managers, so in theory it could work.

  Jose Mourinho

  Special, Needs, Clubs

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• But if you want me to knock Kingdom Come, all I will say is that I heard the guitarist said he'd never heard my playing, and I'd defy any guitarist in American not to have heard Led Zeppelin.

  Jimmy Page

  Zeppelins, Want, Kingdoms

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• If you want me to come and caddie for you full time, you've got to sit down and do some hard work and do some hard yards because that's what I expect.

  Steve Williams

  Hard Work, Yards, Caddies

  Source: www.golfdigest.com

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• If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Christmas, Song, Feelings

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• [Barack] Obama did not run on anything. Obama ran on (Obama impression) "I'll be whatever you want me be. If you want me to reduce the sea levels, I'll do it. If you want me to cool the planet, I'll cool the planet. You want health care, I'll do it."

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, Sea, Levels

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

  Vladimir Horowitz

  Life, Success, Mistake

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• If you want me to shine, you need to give me the parole to do that.

  Jeremy Scott

  Giving, Shining, Needs

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I love to work, so give me what you've got. I'll play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work.

  Danny Trejo

  Play, Giving, Tree

  Source: collider.com

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• If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready now.

  Winston Churchill

  Two, Preparation, Want

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• If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

  Buck Owens

  Country, Want, Fame

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• Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.

  Nancy O'Dell

  Europe, Want, Pool

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• If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.

  Mark Twain

  Two, Giving, Design

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• If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock.

  Tim Cook

  Roi, Want, Reason

  "Tim Cook tells climate change sceptics to ditch Apple shares" by Jessica Shankleman, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2014.

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• I have something to say. I know how to do something. I’m doing it. If you want me to do it with you, raise your hand.

  Seth Godin

  Hands, Want, Raises

  Interview with Ryan and Tina Essmaker, thegreatdiscontent.com. August 14, 2012.

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• I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able and God bless you. Good-bye.

  Harry S. Truman

  Goodbye, Responsibility, Office

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'll beat you up right now if you want me to.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Want, Beats

  "Bryant and O'Neal Take It Coast to Coast". Interview with Mark Heisler, www.latimes.com. October 5, 2004.

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• Someone wanted me to write a profile for ESPN about the commissioner of baseball, and I said, "He's just some suit! Some Republican. No!" I mean if you want me to write about baseball, boxing or football, I'll write about those things because I watch them, I think about them a lot and I like them. But I don't want to write about Barry Bonds.

  Richard Ford

  Baseball, Football, Writing

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• If you want me to swim fast, you have to let me enjoy my life.

  Amanda Beard

  Swim, Want, Enjoy

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