The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak about atoms in ordinary language.
Werner Heisenberg

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.
Wilbur Wright

Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State.
Heinrich Himmler

Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system.
Dan Marino

The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies.
Meir Kahane

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.
Mario Puzo

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
Jean Baudrillard

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
Fanny Brice

I never wish for critics.
Jasper Johns

I wish I sang better.
Warren Zevon

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.
Warren Zevon

Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
Abbie Hoffman

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
John Paul Jones

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.
John Paul Jones

I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.
David Attenborough

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
S. I. Hayakawa

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.
Maria Callas

If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level.
John Le Carre

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
Sallust