Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.
Alice Hoffman
Related I'm not sure why the saying goes..."be careful what you wish for"...it should be, "prepare yourself ... C. NZINGHA SMITH Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, a... EPICTETUS You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them. JEFFREY FRY The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can ch... YUL VAZQUEZ What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA Be careful what you wish for; Not all lost things should be found. MOïRA FOWLEY-DOYLE Be careful what you wish for. MICHELLE HODKIN Yes, a person can accept your apology and forgive you for what you’ve said, but they will never fo... STEPHANIE LAHART I Hear People Say Be Careful What You Wish For But I Say Be Certain What You’re Working For. You M... GEORGE M. ETHERIDGE Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch. LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON A human must never say negative things with their tongue, for words can never be taken back. NERRYMIAH SCIPIO I wish that for just one time / you could stand inside my shoes / and just for that one moment / I c... BOB DYLAN All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for. DAMON LINDELOF Be careful, fathers, when you inordinately desire things to be better for your children than they we... NEAL A. MAXWELL I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the ... C.S. LEWIS Take back your power! I wish you the wisdom to realize that the problem isn't that they keep lying t... STEVE MARABOLI What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it may take ... FRED ROGERS Well I love the way the world is your gardenAnd you plant your seeds and you let them growAnd you ta... DAR WILLIAMS Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes. T. D. JAKES Be all that you can be. You can be great. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's... BILL HICKS You may choose to believe or not, but the fact is that immortal means immortal. Can you imagine that... RICK RIORDAN Mind your strength! Let people know that you are strong and let them see how strong you are, and who... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Well I love the way the world is your garden And you plant your seeds and you let them grow ... DAR WILLIAMS They say "never burn a bridge, because you never know when you may have to cross it again." Some bri... DEYON ANTEKO PITTER Never mistake my silence for weakness. It takes great strength to hold your tongue when you know you... DEE SHIHADY Okay then. That's what I'll do. I'll tell you a story. Can you hear them? All these people who lived... NEIL CROSS Beauty can be like that. Beauty cannot be trusted. Beauty can slip through your fingers like water a... CASSANDRA CLARE Beauty can be like that. Beauty cannot be trusted. Beauty can slip through your fingers like water a... CASSANDRA CLARE You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and sp... FREDERICK BUECHNER You must burn. Burn higher. Burn for everything you have ever wanted. For everything you have ... MIA HOLLOW wish for nothing and the happiness wishes you. GOLLA DINESH KUMAR Take every moment as challenge to make it worth a treasure of life.It is never too late to be what y... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA [Eating disorders] are a wonderful tool for helping you reject others before they can reject you. Ex... STACY PERSHALL Be who you wish to be. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are no... MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIAL I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound ... DAVID CROSBY If you don't know what you want, others will want you for what they know! You must know yourself! ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Beware what you wish for, unless you have the grace to hope that your luck can be shared. CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know who you'll meet in your dreams. JOHN DOBBIN Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know who you'll meet in your dreams. TOM BRADLEY Things are always different than what they might be...If you wait for them to change, you will never... HENRY JAMES In all those stories about people who sold their souls to the devil, I never quite understood why th... JAMES ANDERSON Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. A... PABLO PICASSO There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private... GRETA GARBO Cherish your old apartments and pause for a moment when you pass them. Pay tribute, for they are the... COLSON WHITEHEAD Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow. ALICE HOFFMAN Ever since you and I were boys of fifteen, I have been in countless battles, from skirmishes to gian... KAORU KURIMOTO You know about witches, wizards. You can envision dragons, even if you presently think you are above... THOMM QUACKENBUSH Love is a feeling that can burn if you expected to but can be so painless if you let it burn for wha... ATONG TULBA Build what you know will take flight.
Battle for what you know to be right.
Never stop till you and ... SCOTTIE SOMERS Take any emotion—love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what I’m going through, fear and... MITCH ALBOM Be careful of the words you say.And keep them soft and sweet.
For you never know from day to day.Whi... UNKNOWN Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where t... GORDON B. HINCKLEY Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do somehing... MITCH ALBOM Many things are spoken out loud, but be careful of those words that you whisper to yourself. You hav... AMAKA IMANI NKOSAZANA I just kind of wonder what it would be like to find someone who loves you the same amount that you l... BRITTAINY C. CHERRY If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and ... BILL HICKS Words were useless. At times, they might sound wonderful, but they let you down the moment you reall... CORNELIA FUNKE That's the beauty of argument-if you argue correctly, you're never wrong. , THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, 2006 The end is a mystery, therefore think and act well now! Be robust, be focused and run the race with ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are. EVA ARRINGTON You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are. EVA ARRINGTON what did you think would happen—best case? She’ll forget about you when you return to Caliban, y... JACKSON PEARCE It's likely best to never let any person that you call your friend decide who you are, and what you ... BRANDON SEEDORFF I always knew it would end like this. It always does. There’s no point in fighting it, Aladdin. It... JESSICA KHOURY I have so many regrets. I don’t believe anyone who says they don’t. How can you live life making... KRISTA RITCHIE You could look at someone from a distance, love them in your imagination, and see in them everything... OUSSAMA HEDHLI You have to be careful what ID-IQs are used for, what gets tucked into them. JAMES MITCHELL The words 'I am...' are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming h... A. L. KITSELMAN The words "I am" are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has ... A. L. KITSELMAN Remember that your fans are your lifeblood. See that you know who they are, and give them a reason t... SIMON ZINGERMAN You must be careful. There are things that should never be given up. You must persevere. VLADIMIR NABOKOV He had the uncanny capacity to know exactly what your weak point is, know what will make you feel sm... WALTER ISAACSON Don't take anything for granted because chances are it won't be here tomorrow or for that matter, ne... ANTHONY T. HINCKS Take every moment in your stride to make it worth a treasure of life.It is never too late to be what... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA You can't wish for more wishes or for vague generalities like happiness that are impossible to grant... JANETTE RALLISON There are four things you need to know about war. One, every action requires careful tactics. Two, n... COURTNEY ALLISON MOULTON Of course, some might argue that one can never know what's in the heart of a woman— For they are s... RICHELLE MEAD I hate to say it, but when you play three times and they beat you twice -- on your home floor, too -... GREG ELLIOTT Careful... Once you push that button, there's no going back. This will end in two ways; the tragic l... EVY MICHAELS Jules wants me to tell you that it's a shame you have to fall for someone as boring as myself. He wi... AMY PLUM Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to... LORD CHESTERFIELD Be careful who you talk to on the playground when your seven. You still might know them when you are... DIAN HUFF KISER You know that things aren't going well for you when you can't even tell people the simplest fact abo... NICK HORNBY Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial... MAYA ANGELOU Be yourself! Don’t be somebody! Be humble to authority, but be assertive! Mind your solemn duty an... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Spread love. Hug the people you care about and make sure they know that you care and appreciate them... GERMANY KENT Hearts can be well-hidden, and you betray them with your tongue. NEIL GAIMAN Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow? A black hole?&... MARINA ABRAMOVIC Its a funny thing, I noticed that when people are joking theyre usually dead serious, and when theyr... JIM MORRISON All bridges that burn makes for land of opportunities, just be at peace you never lit them EMILY MARTA MEDINA Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wis... WAYNE DYER Take a moment and sit with yourself. You may find what you are looking for. STEVEN CUOCO You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden p... RANDY BACHMAN He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have. DON JUAN MANUEL Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you rig... ARETHA FRANKLIN Two friends raised their heads up to the sky on a dark evening. -Look at the stars. --Let ... J.R. RIM I wish I could see you some day, Just for a moment, just see you, I wish I could h... RATISH EDWARDS ... for one of the nicest things about mathematics, or anything else you might care to learn, is tha... NORTON JUSTER
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