Wants Quotes

Quotes about desire, ambition, and the things we want most.

Wanting shapes a lot of what people do, whether it is a stake in a shared outcome or the pull toward being remembered as a legend. This collection gathers reflections on desire from writers and public figures, touching on the same restless pursuit found in Get quotes.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Quotes by Aesop

I don't want to have a real job. No one wants to have a job.

Quotes by Ad-Rock

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Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.

Quotes by Aaron Brown

I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

No sensible author wants anything but praise.

Quotes by A. A. Milne

I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend.

Quotes by Yohan Blake

Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.

Quotes by Walter Gilbert

An author's characters do what he wants them to do.

Quotes by W. E. B. Griffin

I'm not the type of guy who wants the credit.

Quotes by Tyronn Lue

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Some entries touch on refusing certain roles entirely, like turning down the antihero part, while others explore how characters carry an author's own wants. Browse Everyone quotes or Every quotes for more on shared human desire.