Want Me Quotes - Page 19

• What can it matter to me, that I succeed or fail ? The undertaking is none of mine, if they want me to succeed I'll fail, and vice versa, so as not to be rid of my tormentors.

  Samuel Beckett

  Mentor, Vices, Want

  Samuel Beckett (2009). “Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable”, p.341, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

  Pete Townshend

  Want, Pretending, Audience

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• I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.

  Sam Simon

  Animal, Want, Medical

  "Terminally Ill 'Simpsons' Co-Creator Vows to Give Away Fortune". Interview with Gary Baum, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 25, 2013.

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• A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'

  Francis Chan

  Keys, Long, Earth

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• I don't talk very well. With writing, you've time to get it right. Also I've found the more I talk the less I write, and if I didn't write no one would want me to talk anyway.

  Alan Bennett

  Book, Writing, Want

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• It had never once occurred to me that the paper I wanted to work for would not want me. Certainly I never expected to be rejected solely because I was a girl!

  Kathryn Tucker Windham

  Girl, Paper, Want

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• I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.

  Walter Payton

  Want, Tvs

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• Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious a thing for a poof on the telly to do.

  Graham Norton

  Bored, Want, Obvious

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• I've not had to ask permission from Geraldine to take the job. I'm one of the few men in this life who are not under the thumb. I'm stronger than that. Did she want me out of the house? Listen, she's wanted me out of the house for the past 27 years and has often asked me not to come back again. But I always show up, and really, she can't do without me, because I'm brilliant.

  Martin O'Neill

  Soccer, Football, Jobs

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• You want ME in the ring? Now I know you've been drinking

  Kurt Angle

  Drinking, Wwe, Want

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• I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

  Eli Roth

  Thinking, Want, Cases

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• What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?

  D. Todd Christofferson

  Doe, Want, Talent

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• I welcome anyone that wants to come into the WWE and try it, because, I was the type of person that was not welcome with open arms. People didn't want me to come in because I was from a Reality background. But I'm the first person that says, bring anybody in.

  The Miz

  Reality, Wwe, People

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• It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'

  Ellen Muth

  Father, Self Esteem, Rejection

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

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• Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.

  Oscar Wilde

  Want, Dear

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.161, Courier Corporation

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• People are going to think what they want to think. I let them. You can’t control perception. It’s a losing game so I don’t play. I let them lose; lose themselves in their own fantasies of what they want me to be. A rebel, an angel, a romantic, a heart breaker, a boy, a man. Perhaps I am all of those things. Perhaps I’m none. But what I am is for me to find out, not to be dictated to me. It’s for me to know.

  Sergei Polunin

  Heart, Angel, Boys

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

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• My relationships are based on personal reciprocity. Being a Dodger was a matter of heart, but in the end I felt they didn't want me.

  Steve Garvey

  Heart, Want, Matter

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• My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it.

  Vincent D'Onofrio

  Who Cares, Want, Scripts

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• The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don't know. I'll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don't know anything about him, and it's kinda sad.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Quality, Want, Arms

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• I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God. I understand that a lot of young mothers probably wouldn't know what to do in that situation, but over your life you learn to forgive everything.

  Ronnie Milsap

  Mother, Uncles, Father

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• I'm just happy when people want me to work for them.

  Kristin Davis

  People, Want

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• I'm happy to work in the States because there are so many different and interesting projects. I'll go wherever people want me to work.

  Lizzie Brochere

  People, Interesting, Different

  "Lizzie Brochere Talks AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, Working with Co-Stars Evan Peters and Jessica Lange and Possibly Returning for Season 3". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 22, 2012.

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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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• Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay for that. Do you want Medicare for senior citizens? I do. We have to pay for it.

  Shelley Berkley

  Senior, Kids, Citizens

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• If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.

  Anne Archer

  Directors, Want, Broke

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