Brad Paisley (1972) American country music singer
Letter to Me, written by Brad Paisley.
Song lyrics, 5th Gear (2007)
Widow Machree, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Brad Paisley (1972) American country music singer
Letter to Me, written by Brad Paisley.
Song lyrics, 5th Gear (2007)
“I put my hand on her knee. I just wish you'd say you love me.”
Junot Díaz book This Is How You Lose Her
Source: This Is How You Lose Her
“I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.”
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) British statesman and man of letters
5 February 1750
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
“Please take my advice, please take my advice,
Open up the tired eyes,
Open up the tired eyes.”
Neil Young (1945) Canadian singer-songwriter
Tired Eyes
Song lyrics, Tonight's the Night (1975)
“I wish they would take me as I am.”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Positively 4th Street
Source: Lyrics, 1962-1985
“I wish I was either in your arms full of faith, or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.”
John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet
Source: Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Source: The Dangerous Summer (1985), Ch. 1