Top 100 What Do You Want Quotes
#1. What do you want to want to be, anyway?"
"I don't know; I guess what I want to be is a good Catholic."
"What you should say"
he told me
"what you should say is that you want to be a saint.
Thomas Merton
#3. I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "A comedian." And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing ...
Sandra Bernhard
#4. You wake up in the morning; what do you want to know? You want to know what happened overnight. You want to know if you're safe. You want to know if you're family's safe.
Chris Cuomo
#5. A demon was asking me what I wanted.
My eyes flicked to Al, and he shrugged. "What do you want?" he said softly.
Kim Harrison
#6. BE QUIET!! ... What do you want ... ? I was in the middle of saying something nice ...
Tite Kubo
#7. It is through another's foolishness that we are able to spin tails of lies without retribution ... what do you see and what do you want to see, both are before you now, this day.
Tonny K. Brown
#8. Ms. Heller," said the man, "if you can hear me, say something, will you?" "What do you want, I'm shouting!" Lauren said at the top of her voice. "Now I see it," one of the female voices said. "Like she's trying to talk. I don't know what she said." "I think she said 'Ow.
Joseph Finder
#9. Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
Adora Svitak
#10. How about you ask me something like, "What do you want more than anything?" and I reply with, "A hellhound in my bed"?
Amanda Carlson
#12. Below are listed the three core components of an effective goal:- What do you want to achieve? How are you going to achieve that goal? When are you going to achieve that goal?
Paul Maxwell
#13. I rang the bell of this small bed-and breakfast place, whereupon a lady appeared at an outside window. "What do you want?", she asked. "I want to stay here", I replied. "Well, stay there then", she said and closed the window.
Chic Murray
#14. What do you want? Everything. I want everything and I will take whatever I get.
Ernest Hemingway,
#15. What do you want to risk to get away?" he asks. I swallow past the bile corrupting my throat. "Everything," I reply. "I'll risk everything to stay with you.
Amy A. Bartol
#16. What do you want?"
His brow lifted at that, and he took a long, leisurely study of her face. "I'll let that pass,"he decided.
"It's too easy.
Nora Roberts
#17. You deserve to be happy. What can I do?"
Don't send me away, I thought.
He looked at me again. "What do you want?"
"I want to taste an apple," I said. And your lips, I thought.
Laura Whitcomb
#18. I'm just interested in finding out what the hell goes. I mean do you have to be a goddam bohemian type, or dead, for Chrissake, to be a real poet? What do you want - some bastard with wavy hair?
J.D. Salinger
#19. What do you want Phoenix?"
"I'm going away for a while. I wanted to say goodbye." He smiled, but it was empty. There was nothing there.
"Fine, goodbye.
Jessica Shirvington
#20. Tell us, Margaret, what do you want out of life?" To be loved by a man who makes me want for nothing else.
V. Vaughn
#21. What do you want from me, Snow?"
"Nothing," he says. And he means it, the actual bastard.
Rainbow Rowell
#22. When I go to photograph somebody, they say, "What do you want me to do?" Those are the most frightening words in the English language. I want to say, "Please, go over into good light and do something unusual.
John Loengard
#23. What do you want from me? Right now, from me," he whispers against my mouth.
My breath catches. Has he asked me that before?
Or have I only wished he has?
I swallow against my ball of nerves. "I don't want to be afraid.
K.A. Tucker
#24. What do you want from me?"
"Own up to it. I can live with a cheater, but not with a coward.
Aleksandr Voinov
#25. Why are you here? What do you want? he whispered against my lips
Kendall Ryan
#26. Tyler, I'm grateful to you; for everything that you've done for me. But this is too much. I don't want this.
What do you want? Wanna go back to the shit job, fuckin' condo world, watching sitcoms? Fuck you, I won't do it.
Chuck Palahniuk
#27. What do you want? Where's the goddamn ice I ordered? Where's the booze? There's a war on, man! People are being killed!
Hunter S. Thompson
#28. Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.
Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
Dashiell Hammett
#29. The question isn't what I would have done. The question is what do you want to do?
Katie McGarry
#30. I like little collaborations where the other thing happens, where it's half-baked or it's improvised, and let's develop it together. "What do you want to wear? Do you have an idea?" All that's fun to do, and I like that, but it doesn't take anything away.
Jeff Goldblum
#31. Want! You must want something. What do you want?
Tobias Wolff
#32. What do you want then?
The old answers came easily to mind. Money. Vengeance. Jordie's voice in my head silenced forever. But a different reply roared to life inside him, loud, insistent, and unwelcome. You, Inej. You.
Leigh Bardugo
#33. He leans forward, his lips an inch from mine. And very deeply, very huskily, he whispers, "What do you want, Maximoff?
Krista Ritchie
#34. What do you want art to give you? What do you want cultural experience to give you? Shouldn't it be in-depth, profound experiences which have some satisfaction and can be retained in your four senses and your imagination for the rest of your life?
Peter Greenaway
#35. What do you want, Patrick?" she sighs.
"I just want peace, love, friendship, understanding," I say dispassionately.
Bret Easton Ellis
#36. And, look, I'm sorry if I have blond hair and blue eyes and my boyfriend looks like a vampire. What do you want me to do about it?
Evan Rachel Wood
#37. What do you want from me, Nila? You want to know that I fucking love you more than I can stand? That I'm breaking because I know I'm not good enough for you? What ?" My world stood still. " ... I fucking love you ... " He admitted it.
Pepper Winters
#38. It's as if they take all our questions and offer them straight back: Who are you? Why are you here? What do you want?
Shaun Tan
#39. You gotta be careful with message movies. People say "What do you want people to take away from it?" I always say its totally individual.
Robert Duvall
#40. Internet: What do you want for your birthday?
Virtual Cole: to stay young forever
Cole texted me:
Actually I want you
Maggie Stiefvater
#41. What do you want to know?"
Lila returned to the chair and leaned forward, her elbows on her knees. "Everything
V.E Schwab
#42. Tatiana said. "Go on with Dasha. She is right for you. She is a woman and I'm-" "Blind!", Alexander exclaimed. Tatiana stood, desolately failing in the battle of her heart. "Oh, Alexander. What do you want from me ... "
"Everything", he whispered fiercely.
Paullina Simons
#43. Flattery and insults raise the same question: what do you want?
Mason Cooley
#44. Great American thinker and philosopher Earl Nightingale said, "If you spend one extra hour each day in the study of your chosen field, you'll be a national expert in five years or less." What do you want to be an expert in?
Abby Beale
#45. What do you want exactly? (Fang)
An end to the mistreatment of small, fluffy dust bunnies. (Thorn)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#46. Work hard now and reap the benefits later!
^^^ so wrong!
Work hard later and rip the benefits now!
(What do you want to do when you grow old, travel the world? Instead, get a cosy work place and enjoy the safe life!)
Bogdan Vaida
#47. DAN
What do you want?
ALICE
To be loved.
DAN
That simple?
ALICE
It's a big want.
Patrick Marber
#49. Eve: "What do you want?"
Nadine: "A man of amazing sexual prowess, great sensitivity, stupendous abs, and the face of an angel. Toss in a wicked sense of humor and stupendous wealth, who adores the very ground I walk on. Oh wait, you already have him.
J.D. Robb
#50. What do you want?" Boyd whispered.
"You -
Ais
#51. I'm bad at this," she said with a laugh as she glanced up at him. "But I do know that people normally like to talk about themselves."
Laith was enamored. Totally, completely. Utterly. "What do you want to know?"
"Everything." Her gaze slowly lifted to meet his once again.
Donna Grant
#52. There's nothing here," Carter said.
"What do you want?" I asked. "We've got wax, some toilet papyrus, an ugly statue.
Rick Riordan
#53. What do you want for your life? And how are you going to get it? Figure that out. And then follow me to gloryville.
Jason Ellis
#54. What do you want from me? he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.
Melina Marchetta
#55. I asked myself the question, 'What do you want of your life?' and I realized with a start of recognition and terror, 'Exactly what I have - but to be commensurate, to handle it all better.
May Sarton
#56. What do you want to do?" Gabriel asks.
"Not commit suicide," I say. "Wait for Marcus.
Sally Green
#57. It's a road," Corey said, pointing.
"A dirt road," Hayley muttered.
"So? We've been slogging through the forest for two days. What do you want? A six-lane highway?
Kelley Armstrong
#58. What do you want from me, Carwyn?"
"Many things." A lazy smile spread over his face. "But tonight, I want to hold you, and kiss you, and tell you that I love you as often as I like.
Elizabeth Hunter
#59. Hardly. We've established some talking points: We have an intense sexual attraction and neither of us wants to date. So what do you want - exactly? Seduction, Eva? Do you want to be seduced?
Sylvia Day
#60. Who is this and what do you want?"
"Is that how you answer the phone to every number you don't recognize?" Ash demanded.
Sarah Rees Brennan
#61. When I was a kid, I wanted to make my parents happy. I'd always say to them, "What do you want me to do? Do sports? Be rich? Be funny?" My mother would say, "Whatever we want from you, you already gave us - we wanted you to be alive, and you made it."
Etgar Keret
#63. Well, what do you want me to do? Head butt my way through a few inches of steel?!" she snarled.
"Well, that would certainly earn you a cookie!
S.L.J. Shortt
#64. The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when he grows up?" someone asked. "Outrageously happy," said the master.
Anthony De Mello
#65. I'm sorry, what do you want to order?"
"A virgin. I want to order a virgin.
Tara Sivec
#66. What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to himself. You're crazy. You're absolutely crazy. You're getting as bad as Biden.
Clint Eastwood
#67. What do you want from me?" I whisper as my hands sink into her soft hair.
"I don't want anything from you," she answers and opens her eyes, pinning me in her chocolate brown gaze. "That's just it, Caleb. I just want you.
Kristen Proby
#68. Give me, if you will, prayers;
Or let me know dryness,
An abudance of devotion,
Or if not, then barrenness.
In you alone, Sovereign Majesty,
I find my peace,
What do you want of me?
Yours I am, fo ryou I was born:
What do you want of me?
Teresa Of Avila
#69. What do you want your marriage to look like? he repeated. I'd never thought about it. I'd spent countless
Donald Miller
#70. What do you want? How do you want it? I never felt like I had a good answer. For the first time, I realized why. Because what I wanted was to not be asked the question.
Laurelin Paige
#73. What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desire results? The answer to this you can call strategy.
William E. Rothschild
#75. Michael put the paper down and leaned across the table toward me, unexpectedly intense. "What do you want?"
"I already ordered an espresso," I answered, reflexively leaning back.
"No, I mean what do you want from life?"
"Good morning to you, too. Isn't it a little early for philosophy?
Myra McEntire
#76. Reynie's fce fell. 'It's not funny, Kate.'
For a moment - a fleeting moment - Kate looked desperately sad. 'Well, of course it's not funny, Reynie Muldoon. But what do you want me to do? Cry?
Trenton Lee Stewart
#77. Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me?
Claire Forlani
#78. You hear these horrible stories about the FBI just doing all these nasty things to people. And you know what? In my case, I didn't experience any of that, probably because the way I treated them. I was like, 'Okay, what do you want to know?' So I kept going back to their offices on a regular basis.
Hasan M. Elahi
#80. What are you doing, Jensen," I whispered.
"What do you want me to do, Mia?" he whispered back.
"I don't want you to do anything."
"Then I'm not doing anything," he said just as low.
Claire Contreras
#81. Abomination . . ." The word escaped him in a slow breath. "And more besides," I agreed. "Now forgive me." Father Gomst found his wits at last, but still he held back. "What do you want with me, Lucifer?" A fair question. "I want to win," I said. He
Mark Lawrence
#82. He put his arms around her. "Well, in my defense, then, whatever I did seemed to work, didn't it?"
She sighed. "I suppose."
"You suppose?"
"What do you want? A medal?"
"For starters. A trophy would be nice, too."
She smiled. "What do you think you're holding right now?
Nicholas Sparks
#83. What do you want me to do? he whispers into the empty air.
It's hard to know.
Oh Jimmy, you were so funny.
Don't let me down.
From habit he lifts his watch; it shows him its blank face.
Zero hour, Snowman thinks. Time to go.
Margaret Atwood
#84. Bosoms," she announces, with a hand to her own, "are for bedrooms and breastfeeding. Not for occasions with dignity."
"Well, what do you want her to do, Eleanor? Leave them at home?
Kathryn Stockett
#85. What I want to know from students, and I ask them right away, is, 'What do you want? I don't care what it is. I want to help you get it.
Peter Schjeldahl
#86. Sometimes at night I conduct interviews with myself.
What do you want?
I don't know.
What do you want?
I don't know.
What seems to be the problem?
Just leave me alone.
Jenny Offill
#87. Most people hate cell phone use on trains; I love cell phone use on trains. What do you want to do, read that report on your lap, or hear about your neighbour's worst date ever?
Liza Mundy
#88. With my misery accomplished, Sydney turned her attention to Rebekah. "So, what do you want be when you grow up?" she asked in a cheery voice. "Not a bitch like you," Rebekah said, making that smacking noise with her lips. Had I ever not liked that sound? Now it was the sweetest thing I'd ever heard.
Alicia Thompson
#89. I was looking for an opportunity to make my first feature, so I asked myself: "What do you want to do? Is there something you can give to the world?"
Warwick Thornton
#90. She's 80 my nan, what do you want for your birthday? "SHREDDER!! GET ME A SHREDDER!!", what do you want a shredder for? "IDENTITY THEFT!!".
Russell Howard
#91. Hello," said a Traveler, crouching down on Tier's other side. "You must be the Bard."
"Tier," said Seraph, "this is Kors. Kors, my husband, Tier. Kors, what do you want?"
Ah, thought Tier contentedly, all that in under a breath, my Seraph at her charismatic best.
Patricia Briggs
#92. You'll strip in front of a vampire when you don't even know his name?"
"You're right! So what's your name?"
"My answer will be as forthcoming as yours. What do you want it to be?"
"Some kind of name that fits a battle-scarred,overgrown vampire warlord.
Kresley Cole
#94. Chris. What do you want, child?"
I sighed and walked another three steps forward. I stared into his eyes and spoke the one word that terrified him, "Democracy.
Yanan Melo
#95. Great seas," he said.
"What do you want?"
He held the candle up to her face.
"Po, what do you want?"
"She did a far better job than I would've done.
Kristin Cashore
#96. So what do you want?"
"You."
"What?"
"I want you," he repeats. "Go out with me for real, Princess.
Jillian Dodd
#97. What do you want to be, free or happy? How about if they really are mutually exclusive options? What is freedom anyway? How does humanity govern itself when each person can have anything they want? How does humanity govern itself when nothing is natural?
Jo Walton
#98. If you are facing trouble right now, don't ask, "Why me?" Instead ask, "What do you want me to learn?" Then trust God and keep on doing what's right.
Rick Warren
#99. Alright ... what do you want me to say? Do you want me to say it's funny, so you can contradict me and say it's sad? Or do you want me to say it's sad so you can turn around and say no, it's funny. You can play that damn little game any way you want to, you know!
Edward Albee
#100. Employees today want to know, "What do you want from me today, tomorrow, this week, this month, this year? And what do you have to offer me in return today, tomorrow, this week, this month, this year?
Bruce Tulgan
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