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Wish Quotes - Page 128

The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it.

"Bob Newhart: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. December 18, 2008.

Art begins when a man wishes to immortalize the most vivid moment he has ever lived.

Arthur Symons, Karl E. Beckson (1989). “Arthur Symons, selected letters, 1880-1935”, Univ of Iowa Pr

We can do what we wish, but we can only wish what we must.

Attributed to Arthur Schopenhauer by Einstein in "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck" in The Saturday Evening Post (p. 114), October 26, 1929.

Thus also every keen pleasure is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction.

Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]”, p.59, Kshetra Books

Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so bad. Once you're past that century mark, it's just not as shocking.

Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.208, Kodansha America

The lobbies are always the best-looking place in the hotel-you wish you could bring out a cot and sleep in them. Compared to the lobby, your room always looks like a closet.

Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt