I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, ‘What does this person want?’ And I put up a defense mechanism. But I’ve always been that way. – Derek Jeter
Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously. – Marie de France
I wish I were one of those terribly clever people who, when they write their autobiographies, always say, when I was fifteen months old I distinctly remember my Aunt Fanny saying to me, etc. – George Seaton
Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There’s a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, ‘Oh, I wish I had done that differently.’ – Felicity Jones
I wish feminism wasn’t so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it’s an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas. – Merritt Wever
I wish I had appreciated my youth – I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have! – Natalie Merchant
Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder. – Emma Thompson
We writers of series fiction tend to idealize ourselves in our characters, giving them attributes we wish we possessed and ever more interesting lives. – Marcia Muller
I don’t wish I did anything differently. The most important thing to me was to play baseball. – Eddie Murray
My first job was with ‘Dawson’s Creek’ where everybody looked good and they spoke better than you. It was kind of a wish fulfillment, fantasy-type show. – Mike White
When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is. – Cheri Huber
In many ways I wish I wasn’t an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves. – Dirk Benedict
I wish I could swap closets with Diana Vreeland, but I think only my left thigh would fit into her clothing. – Catherine Martin
I’d be interested to read Gull’s paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn’t otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan. – Eddie Campbell
I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would’ve said things to people’s faces instead of just running away all the time. – Mika
They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they’d say ‘I wish my Mom were like you.’ – Charlotte Rae
I wish I could create an IMAX film that would make my work accessible to a broader audience. – Edward Burtynsky
I wish sometimes people wouldn’t underestimate me. But it’s a fleeting wish. It’s not where I live. – Mary Steenburgen
The ideas I’m working with are ideas I’m committed to. I don’t know how to soft-shoe them. I don’t know how to make them more palpable. I just never knew how to be one of those girls. I wish I knew how to be that sometimes, but I don’t know how to be that way. – Carrie Mae Weems