Want Me Quotes - Page 28

• I remember when both Gnarls Barkley and Justin [Timberlake] lost for Album of the Year [at the Grammys], and I looked at Justin, and I was like: 'Do you want me to go onstage for you? You know, do you want me to fight?

  Kanye West

  Fighting, Years, 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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• Jesus wants men who will rule well.

  Tony Evans

  Jesus, Men, Want

  Tony Evans (2012). “Kingdom Man: Every Man's Destiny, Every Woman's Dream”, p.9, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Sometimes I feel... that my cross is heavy beyond endurance... My heart seems worn out and bruised beyond repair, and in my deep loneliness I often wish to be gone, but God knows best, and I want to do every ounce of work He wants me to do.

  Charles Studd

  Loneliness, Heart, Wish

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• Joe: You don't want me, Sugar. I'm a liar and a phony. A saxophone player. One of those no-goodniks you keep running away from. Sugar: I know, every time. Joe: Sugar, do yourself a favor. Go back to where the millionaires are, the sweet end of the lollipop, not the cole slaw in the face, the old socks and the squeezed-out tube of toothpaste. Sugar: That's right. Pour it on. Talk me out of it. (She grabs him to kiss him.)

  Marilyn Monroe

  Running, Sweet, Liars

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• I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.

  Dwyane Wade

  Inspirational, Basketball, Doctors

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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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• We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have an ambition out of all proportion to their practical force, and so do lean and beg day and night continually.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Nature, Ambition

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.20, Penguin

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• Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak as you want me to speak. May I work as you want me to work.

  Pedro Poveda Castroverde

  God, Christian, Work

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• When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it. It humbles me that companies want me. It's a challenge to uphold their values and make their product look good. I take that personally.

  Tim Tebow

  Believe, Mean, People

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• Liberals should not overplay this weapons of mass destruction card, because you want me to tell you the truth? Most of us are not going to care if they don't find these weapons of mass destruction. It's enough for a lot of us to see those kids smiling on that street again.

  Dennis Miller

  Smile, Kids, Mass Destruction

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• What do you want me to do,
  To watch for you,
  To see you through?
  A box of rain will ease the pain,
  and love, will see you through.

  Robert Hunter

  Song, Pain, Rain

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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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• Everyone is in a hurry. The persons whom I lead in worship, among whom I counsel, visit, pray, preach, and teach, want shortcuts. They want me to help them fill in the form that will get them instant credit (in eternity). They are impatient for results. They have adopted the lifestyle of a tourist and only want the high points. . . . The Christian life cannot mature under such conditions and in such ways.

  Albert Mohler

  Christian, Want, Way

  Albert Mohler (2012). “The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters”, p.140, Baker Books

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• Everyone that I meet always wants me to direct, but whenever I think of directing, I think of aligning shots. I'd definitely have to write and direct something. But I don't know if I could.

  Chris Colfer

  Writing, Thinking, Want

  "Chris Colfer Talks STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, Chances of Adapting His Book THE LAND OF STORIES Into a Movie, and GLEE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 5, 2013.

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• What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.

  Margaret Deland

  Mother, Thinking, Hypocrisy

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• I don't think I'm good, I don't think I'm a good rapper. I think a lot of people always want me to battle somebody and stuff like that which is cool, but I don't see myself as a rapper.

  Donald Glover

  Thinking, Rapper, People

  "Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino backstage at Big Day Out '13". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. March 21, 2013.

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• You want me to admit I'm a four-foot, six-inch freckle-faced person of Jewish extraction? I admit it. All but the extraction. But being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.

  Mel Brooks

  Suicide, Feet, Three

  "Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview". Interview with Alex Belth, www.thedailybeast.com. February 16, 2014.

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• My faith in God is a huge part of my life, and yeah He has blessed me with an amazing family, and group of friends. In the Bible he tells us to think positively about ourselves, to not be down on ourselves. So I just try to live the way He wants me to, and make the best decisions I can.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Blessed, Thinking, Decision

  "SOUL SURFER Interview With Bethany Hamilton!". Interview with Mark Clark, whatculture.com. September 24, 2011.

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• I love eating out. I don't deny that. But I don't want 12 or 15 courses because the chef wants me to taste this or taste that. I just want to be able to decide.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Want, Able, Taste

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• I always prefer the character moments. For me, personally, whether I'm shooting the gun or not shooting the gun, I really don't care. I'm the guy who's like, "Whatever you want me to do." But, I really get excited about the character moments that are steeped in emotion when the stakes are high.

  Brandon Jay McLaren

  Character, Gun, Guy

  Source: collider.com

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• Six months is the most you can ask of any fan in this day and age, with the Internet and all these new artists. I understand that my music is in a lot of mediums. Some people want me to make an R&B album. Some people want me to never sing again. I just don't want people to be able to draw comparisons between my old songs and my new ones.

  Drake

  Song, Artist, People

  "Drake: I Remain Calm (2010 Cover Story)". Interview with Damien Scott, www.complex.com. February, 2010.

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• the one thing I've observed over the years is the best way to get an actor to not want to play a certain role is to offer it to them. That makes them say, "Well, maybe it's not that good. These guys don't want me to do this..."

  Wes Anderson

  Play, Years, Guy

  "Interview: Wes Anderson - 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Writer & Director". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. March 6, 2014.

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• I don't make outlines or plans because whenever I do, they turn out to be useless. It is as if I am compelled to violate the scope of any outline or plan; it is as if the writing does not want me to know what is about to happen.

  Leslie Marmon Silko

  Writing, Want, Doe

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