“I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.”

“I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor.”

“I wish my country were like I wanted it to be, but as it is not, I hope it will one day get to this way of living.”

“Ya got cigarettes?” she asks. “Yes,” I say,
“I got cigarettes.” “Matches?” she asks.
“Enough to burn Rome.” “Whiskey?”
“Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River
of pain.” “You drunk?” “Not yet.”

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”

“You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat and I had my hands about it.”

“I wish you all full plates, glasses, tables, and hearts.”

“I wish to believe in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.”

“I been by myself for a long time I just wish that I could know if I was on your mind Runnin' out of time I just wish that I could know if you were by my side On the day I die, would you even cry?”

“He who does not wish to die cannot have wished to live.”