Wanted

Famous quotes containing the word wanted:

“I’ll never forget my father’s response when I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. He said, “If you do this, no man will ever want you.””
—Cassandra Dunn (b. c. 1931)

“All I ever wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing and then made me mute.”
—Peter Shaffer (b. 1926)

“I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)