"I've often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a year, A handsome house to lodge a friend, A river at my garden's end, A terrace walk, and half a rood Of land, set out to plant a wood."

"If I live to grow old, as I find I go down, Let this be my fate in a country town; May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate, And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate. May I govern my passions with an absolute sway, Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away, Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay."

"Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea."

"Vous l'avez voulu, vous l'avez voulu, George Dandin, vous l'avez voulu."

"I wish I knew the good of wishing."

"With all thy sober charms possest, Whose wishes never learnt to stray."

"Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brown stone will do), That I may call my own; And close at hand is such a one In yonder street that fronts the sun."

"And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher."

"Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long."

"Was man in der Jugend wünscht, hat man im Alter die Fülle."

"O, that I were where I would be, Then would I be where I am not; For where I am I would not be, And where I would be I can not."

""Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long," 'Tis not with me exactly so; But 'tis so in the song. My wants are many, and, if told, Would muster many a score; And were each wish a mint of gold, I still should long for more."

"What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines."

"Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!"

"He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back, And says he called another; that arrives, Meets the same welcome; yet he still calls on; Till one calls him, who varies not his call, But holds him fast, in chains of darkness bound, Till Nature dies, and judgment sets him free; A freedom far less welcome than this chain."

"Wishing, of all employments is the worst."

"What most we wish, with ease we fancy near."

"Jeannie: Your wish is my command, Master."

"Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek."

"Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought: I stay too long by thee, I weary thee."

"Henry: There ain't no such thing as magic, is there?"

"One does not attain everything he wishes for. / Winds blow counter to what the ships desire."

"You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do."

"Comics speak, without qualm or sophistication, to the innermost ears of the wishful self. The response is like that of a thirsty traveler who suddenly finds water in the desert - he drinks to satiation."

"Anakin Skywalker: Believe me, I wish that I could just wish away my feelings, but I can't."

"If Wishes were Horses, Beggars would ride."

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

"If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles."

"If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do Fate is kind She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing. Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true."

"But there is little gain to be had from wishes, the last attempt at a solution for the weak and the lazy."

"Proud, proud is to hear it all yeah yeah Proud ah proud, proud is to watch us fall yeah yeah Make a wish, make a succotash wish You live the pompous life Throw kisses all the time Make wishes, don't break mine Make a wish, make a succotash wish You live the pompous life Throw kisses all the time Don't break mine, don't break mine Cold fire used to inspire all not now These are tired, maybe they'll find their niche Or resort to wish"

"What you wish to be true is all that matters, regardless of the facts."

"Genie: Uh, rule number one: I can't kill anybody. (He slices his head off with his finger.) So don't ask. Rule number two (He puts his head back on): I can't make anyone fall in love with anyone else. (His head turns into a giant pair of lips which kiss Aladdin.) You little punim, there. (Lies flat, then gets up and transforms into a green, slimy zombie with a Peter Lorre accent.) Rule number three: I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture, (He grabs Aladdin and shakes him) I don't like doing it! (He poofs back to normal.) Other than that, you got it."

"If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God."

"Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum."

"Are they shadows that we see? And can shadows pleasure give? Pleasures only shadows be, Cast by bodies we conceive, And are made the things we deem In those figures which they seem.But these pleasures vanish fast Which by shadows are expressed: Pleasures are not, if they last, In their passing, is their best: Glory is most bright and gay In a flash, and so away.Feed apace then, greedy eyes, On the wonder you behold; Take it sudden as it flies, Though you take it not to hold: When your eyes have done their part, Thought must length it in the heart."

"He that had neither beene kithe nor kin, Might have seene a full fayre sight."

"Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars."

"For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. (Ah! he can see enough, when years are told, Who backwards looks)."

"And every eye Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky."

"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!"

"See and to be seen."

"The rarer sene, the lesse in mynde, The lesse in mynde, the lesser payne."

"The age, wherein he lived was dark; but he Could not want sight, who taught the world to see."

"And for to se, and eek for to be seye."

"And finds with keen, discriminating sight, Black's not so black—nor white so very white."