
“You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it.”
“You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it.”
Source: Horns
“Sometimes, you didn’t get what you wanted. But if you had all you needed? Life was good.”
Source: The King
“On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.”
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
Source: Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
“Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.”
Variant: well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.
Source: My Sister's Keeper
“Sometimes you don't even know what you want until you find out you can't have it.”
Source: The Long Goodbye
Interview with Inc. Magazine for its "The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award" (1 April 1989) http://www.inc.com/magazine/19890401/5602.html
1980s
Variant: You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.