Careful What You Wish For Quotes

• Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.

  W. W. Jacobs

  Funny, Dream, Humorous

  "The Monkeys Paw". Short story by W. W. Jacobs, 1902.

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  The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

  Tucker Max

  Temptation, Deep Thought, Wish

  Tucker Max (2011). “Assholes Finish First”, p.321, Simon and Schuster

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• Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

  Alice Hoffman

  Wish, Tongue, Facts

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• Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Success, Broken Heart

  "James Baldwin's much anticipated new novel - archive" by Hugh Hebert, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2016.

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• You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.

  Dougray Scott

  Confused, War, Wish

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• Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

  Terry Pratchett

  Listening, Wish, Be Careful

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16)”, p.18, Random House

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• Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Inspirational, God, Religious

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• Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.'

  Barbara Billingsley

  Dream, Thinking, Wish

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

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• Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Wish, Be Careful, Careful

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.188, Penguin

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• And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble,
  But I disregarded detour signs,
  And did not stop til you was mine.
  I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.'
  Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps.
  Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.'

  Mos Def

  Rap, Giving, Hip Hop

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• Be careful what you wish for because you will get it. Be even more careful what you work for because you will get it even more quickly.

  Colin Cunningham

  Wish, Be Careful, Careful

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

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• You know, one thing I've learned in my time on this earth Be careful what you wish for.

  Elijah

  Wish, Earth, I've Learned

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• Time goes too quickly. This is the advice that my mother should have given me from her hospital bed. Instead of vague, unknowable quips like "Be careful what you wish for," she should have told me time slides away on a hillside of loose shale and takes everything in its path - dreams, opportunities, hopes. And youth. It takes that fastest of all.

  Kristin Hannah

  Mother, Dream, Opportunity

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• The dead do walk and haunt and crawl into your bed at night. Ghosts sneak into your head when you're not looking. Stars line up and volcanoes birth out bits of glass that foretell the future. Poison berries make girls stronger, but sometimes kill them. If you howl at the moon and swear on your blood, anything you desire will be yours. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Girl, Stars, Moon

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.210, Scholastic UK

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• All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

  Damon Lindelof

  Wish, Sci Fi, Be Careful

  "Lost in Space: A Chat With Prometheus Writer-Producer Damon Lindelof". Interview with Gregory Weinkauf, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2012.

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• One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Wish, Desire, Attention

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• Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action.

  Niels Arden Oplev

  Revenge, Drama, Action

  Source: collider.com

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• Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered.

  Julia Quinn

  Mind, Wish, Be Careful

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• Because revenge is a very known feeling in American culture, theres a certain element of an eye for an eye. Theres the saying, 'Be careful what you wish for, you might get it'. When you wish for revenge, and you think you've gotten it, what happens then? Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action.

  Niels Arden Oplev

  Revenge, Drama, Eye

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 9, 2013.

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• Be careful what you wish for, I guess. I believe - this will sound bloated, but I believe it - that true art, the potent stuff, can take the world down with it, just like religion can. And the opposite of course.

  Porochista Khakpour

  Art, Believe, Opposites

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.

  Yo-Yo Ma

  Blessed, Interesting, People

  "Every day is a holiday for Yo-Yo Ma". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. November 12, 2008.

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• President Obama said in an interview over the weekend that he really misses being anonymous. He said, 'I miss Saturday mornings rolling out of bed and not shaving, going to the market...' Be careful what you wish for, 2012 is just around the corner!

  Jay Leno

  Morning, Weekend, Missing

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• It's like aversion therapy. You keep doing scenes over and over again with three women in the bed with you, and we had to do them all in one week. Three girls would step out and another three girls would step into the bed. It sounds like a fantasy but by the end of it, I just wanted to go for a hike on my own in the north of England, in the hills. Because it became a sort of "be careful what you wish for" kinda thing.

  Steve Coogan

  Girl, Wish, Bed

  "Q&A: Steve Coogan on Sex, Drugs & Bad Press". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. July 9, 2013.

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• Im honored to assist, Reichen told Lucan and Tegan as the three men loaded the last of the bags and weaponry. Ive often wondered what it might be like to stand among the Order as one of your own. Be careful what you wish for, Lucan drawled. Depending how things go, theres a good chance we could end up knighting you on the field.

  Tina St. John

  Men, Order, Wish

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