“You have to know what you want to get it.”
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Source: Morrigan's Cross
“You have to know what you want to get it.”
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Garrison Keillor (1942) American radio host and writer
Lake Wobegon Days (1985), p. 337
Source: Lake Wobegon U.S.A.
Marc Benioff (1964) American businessman
Diginomica: "Connect18 – Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on what happens next with MuleSoft" https://diginomica.com/2018/05/09/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-on-what-happens-next-with-mulesoft/ (9 May 2018)
“I don't know if it's what you want, but it's what you get.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[10502@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“Experience is what you get when you didn’t know what you wanted.”
Jill Shalvis (1963) American writer
Source: The Sweetest Thing
“Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.”
Beverly Lewis (1949) American writer
Source: The Judgment
“Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.”
Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper
Variant: well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.
Source: My Sister's Keeper
“And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.”
Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist
Variant: You can get what you want or you can just get old.