Quotes About Getting Exactly What You Want

#1. There's something outrageously simple about extending yourself toward a goal the way a plant seeks the sun's rays or a gopher the crunch of easy soil beneath his paws, and then getting exactly what you want, sunshine or some prized tuber.

Gary Shteyngart

#2. If you were to go to a restaurant and disagree with Daniel Boulud, he'd probably throw something at you. Restaurant chefs have a problem with caterers because we accommodate special requests, but great service is about getting exactly what you want.

David Castle

#3. Drive, ego and cocksureness are all essential elements in terms of getting exactly what you want but losing everything you've got.

Dane Cook

#4. Quite often people will get an animal which is probably not a good idea for them to have. They get it out of enthusiasm, there is a genuine interest, but sometimes they're not exactly prepared for what they're getting themselves into.

Henry Rollins

#5. But you know, sometimes not getting what you want is getting exactly what you need.

Stephanie Evanovich

#6. James Finch is exactly what I'm looking for, as far as getting back into the race car to have fun.

Kurt Busch

#7. Do you want to know what you think about most of the time? Take a look at the results you're getting. That will tell you exactly what's going on inside.

Bob Proctor

#8. It's one thing getting the job of Doctor Who, which is wonderful. And then the next thing they say to you is, 'We're going to announce it live on television!' And you think, 'That's not exactly what I thought I was signing up for!'

Peter Capaldi

#9. I decided that, as a stand-up, I'd position myself as a cerebral, observational comic, making references to Camus and Kierkegaard. I wasn't so much concerned with getting laughs as I was with seeing audience members turn to each other at any given moment and say, "Exactly!

Martin Short

#10. I can't say I know at this moment what all these laws are. But on some level everybody knows that we are all getting exactly what we deserve.

Thaddeus Golas

#11. I just turn the record in. I don't think about the commercialism of it, but rather what's getting me off. That's why I stay in this business, because I can still afford to do exactly what I want to do.

Michael Hedges

#12. We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future.

Jim Messina

#13. Consumers deserve to know exactly what they're getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan.

Anna Eshoo

#14. Another fact that doesn't exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. Van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex.

Anne Frank

#15. ... you'll need some help getting acquainted. I'm Carmel Jones." "Theseus Cassio Lowood. What kind of a parent names their kid Carmel?" She laughs. "What kind of a parent names their kid Theseus Cassio?" "Hippies," I reply. "Exactly.

Kendare Blake

#16. Undoubtedly, the most important thing to remember is your time is not your own. Yes, we live in a time when people believe that you can and you should do exactly what you want, but all time belongs to God. So make sure your time is first dedicated to getting His work accomplished.

Monica Johnson

#17. I've always found allegories kind of comforting. When you encounter people named Liar and Abstinence, you might not be crazy about them, but you know exactly what you're getting into.

Marisa De Los Santos

#18. Be careful when getting what you exactly need in life.

Auliq Ice

#19. The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'

George Clooney

#20. My path is exactly where I want it to be. I'm doing my thing. I'm getting better with every album.

Luke Bryan

#21. Happiness does not lie in getting people and things outside of you lined up exactly to suit your desires.

Ken Keyes Jr.

#22. The secret is not just to be stunning, which I find comes rather easily, to be honest. The tricky thing is getting exactly the right level of stun for the occasion.

Melody Malone

#23. Pulling me into his arms, he trailed light kisses from my ear to my neck, almost making me forget how late I was running.I pushed him away. "You better stop that, or we're never getting out of here.""My thoughts exactly.

Alyssa Rose Ivy

#24. When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don't really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it's not fair that others aren't doing exactly what you're doing. I do have that.

Benedict Cumberbatch

#25. I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while.

R.A. Salvatore

#26. Girls are genius at getting through sexual abuse. Often the only way to get through is not to feel. And that is exactly what these fantasy worlds allow: They give girls a place to go so they don't have to be present in their violated bodies. Brilliant.

Patti Feuereisen

#27. The idea of not getting a gun is not because I'm afraid of guns, it's not because I think guns are wrong, it's because it's impractical, it's stupid and it's exactly what they want me to do.

Oscar Isaac

#28. Americans are getting like a Ford car, they all have the same exact parts, the same upholstering and make exactly the same noises.

Will Rogers

#29. Nothing teaches you like getting leveled. And I got leveled in my early 30s. Nothing went exactly the way I thought it would.

Ethan Hawke

#30. What I like that is getting our smartest and getting our best to infiltrate their [terrorist's] Internet, so that we know exactly where they're going, exactly where they're going to be. I like that better.

Donald Trump

#31. Red may be bold on lips....but I prefer mine naked, without enhancement, so you know exactly what you are getting

Ladyaslan

#32. Anti-Semitism is exactly the same as delousing. Getting rid of lice is not a question of ideology, it is a matter of cleanliness. In just this same way anti-Semitism for us has not been a question of ideology but a matter of cleanliness.

Heinrich Himmler

#33. Justice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Some see an innocent victim. Others will see evil incarnate getting exactly what's deserved.

Emily Thorne

#34. There are people in our world today and unfortunately in our political system, they do not believe in evil. They have the modern, western, secular mind set. They don't believe evil exists. They are exactly the ones who are in danger of getting blindsided by evil. Because they're not prepared for it.

Joel C. Rosenberg

#35. I feel it in me like a woman having a baby, all that life churning inside me. I feel it every day; it moves, stretches, yawns. It's getting ready to be born. It knows exactly what it is.

Maurice Sendak

#36. Exactly," Guccio said. "The image I'm getting now is some fat alien lounging in a spherical spaceship, drinking a beer, watching The Wizard of Oz on TV, and yelling obscenities at the screen. I think I'd prefer a computer.

Al Macy

#37. When I worked on my game, that's what I thought about. When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I guess I approached it with the end in mind. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there.

Michael Jordan

#38. I'm still getting used to the idea that people out in the world are reading my books. Every time I get a 'fan letter,' I am thrilled. But when people tell me that they're from the south or western Kentucky, and they say, 'I know exactly what you mean!' That's awesome.

Molly Harper

#39. I don't know exactly what drove me to stray, but I think there's a certain sadness to finally getting what you want.

Jessica Pan

#40. I wait for my dad to walk away before pulling back the covers and getting out of bed. Not exactly a Hallmark father-daughter moment.

Alecia Whitaker

#41. Things here are so different. Poisoned rivers, softened stone. You never know exactly what you're getting into. What will hold and what will give way

Ally Condie

#42. If only men were like New York taxi-cabs and had a light that they can switch on when they're interested and off when they're not available. Then you'd know exactly where you were and you wouldn't have to worry about getting it wrong and being horribly embarrassed.
Lucy

Alexandra Potter

#43. I wasn't exactly sure that getting someone a job as a porn star was completely altruistic. But maybe I was being judgemental.

Marshall Thornton

#44. Honestly, I am always shocked when I see myself in the mirror because I feel exactly the same as I did when I was 18 getting off the plane to go to Juilliard in New York.

Elizabeth McGovern

#45. Reading something for the first time and getting this feeling like the material provokes you on some level, and doing the movie is really just sort of defining and figuring out why exactly you felt certain things when you read it.

Kristen Stewart

#46. I didn't exactly relish the idea of getting a tattoo, trust me. It was right up there with blue hair.

Rachel Hawkins