Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it. — W. W. Jacobs
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
You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas. — Dougray Scott
Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well. — Denzel Washington
Think before you desire a thing. There is every possibility that it will be fulfilled, and then you will suffer. — Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]
The universe is listening, be careful what you say in it. — Jay Electronica
Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it. — Yasmin Mogahed
Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Be Careful What You Wish For Quotes
Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.' — Barbara Billingsley
And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble,
But I disregarded detour signs,
And did not stop til you was mine.
I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.'
Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps.
Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.' — Mos Def
Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening. — Terry Pratchett
Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything, but to feel a few things twice.
You know, one thing I've learned in my time on this earth Be careful what you wish for. — Elijah
Be careful what you wish for because you will get it. Be even more careful what you work for because you will get it even more quickly. — Colin Cunningham
Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.
Be careful what you wish for, I guess. I believe - this will sound bloated, but I believe it - that true art, the potent stuff, can take the world down with it, just like religion can. And the opposite of course. — Porochista Khakpour
I realize that you have to be careful sometimes what you wish for. — Dwyane Wade
Everybody that wants to be successful should always be careful of what you wish for. A lot of artists and entertainers want to put the genie back in the bottle and wish they could go back to being what they were. — Ice Cube
President Obama said in an interview over the weekend that he really misses being anonymous. He said, 'I miss Saturday mornings rolling out of bed and not shaving, going to the market...' Be careful what you wish for, 2012 is just around the corner! — Jay Leno
Careful What You Say Quotes
I don't care what straight people do, I don't care what gay people do. I don't care what nobody do. That's they business. I just care about what I do. You know what I'm saying? — ASAP Rocky
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said. — Voltaire
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart. — Miriam Makeba
Be very careful what you say to yourself because someone very important is listening . . . YOU! — John Assaraf
Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there. — Joel Osteen
Never say 'I could have done that,' because you didn't. — Karim Rashid
A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word tht passes between one's teeth is meant for something. — Molefi Kete Asante
If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing. — Val Kilmer
If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, then I don't care what you call it - I say it isn't news. — Edward R. Murrow
Every thought has the power to bring into being the visible from the invisible. It is absolutely necessary for us all to understand that everything we think, do or say comes back to us. Every thought, word or action- without exception- manifests itself [in some way] as an actual reality. — Ann Wigmore
The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for. — Tucker Max
Time goes too quickly. This is the advice that my mother should have given me from her hospital bed. Instead of vague, unknowable quips like "Be careful what you wish for," she should have told me time slides away on a hillside of loose shale and takes everything in its path - dreams, opportunities, hopes. And youth. It takes that fastest of all. — Kristin Hannah
Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action. — Niels Arden Oplev
I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world inside out. And this starts right now. — JR
Because revenge is a very known feeling in American culture, theres a certain element of an eye for an eye. Theres the saying, 'Be careful what you wish for, you might get it'. When you wish for revenge, and you think you've gotten it, what happens then? Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action. — Niels Arden Oplev
You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well. — John Scalzi
It's like aversion therapy. You keep doing scenes over and over again with three women in the bed with you, and we had to do them all in one week. Three girls would step out and another three girls would step into the bed. It sounds like a fantasy but by the end of it, I just wanted to go for a hike on my own in the north of England, in the hills. Because it became a sort of "be careful what you wish for" kinda thing. — Steve Coogan
The dead do walk and haunt and crawl into your bed at night. Ghosts sneak into your head when you're not looking. Stars line up and volcanoes birth out bits of glass that foretell the future. Poison berries make girls stronger, but sometimes kill them. If you howl at the moon and swear on your blood, anything you desire will be yours. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch. — Laurie Halse Anderson
Im honored to assist, Reichen told Lucan and Tegan as the three men loaded the last of the bags and weaponry. Ive often wondered what it might be like to stand among the Order as one of your own. Be careful what you wish for, Lucan drawled. Depending how things go, theres a good chance we could end up knighting you on the field. — Tina St. John
Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered. — Julia Quinn
Rose Hathaway: "Was he right?” Dimitri Belikov: "Who?” Rose Hathaway: "Victor…he said it couldn't have worked. The necklace.” Dimitri Belikov: "What do you mean?” Rose Hathaway: "The spell. Victor said you had to want me…to care about me…for it to work. Did you? Did you want me?” Dimitri Belikov: "Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish…we could be together.” (Vampire Academy) — Richelle Mead
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