J. D. Martinez Quotes

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you.

The longing to produce great inspirations didn't produce anything but more longing.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.

The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.

So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother.

The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.

I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!

I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

False expectations take away joy.

Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Since my life has been wayward and impulsive, always a search for something that is not there, and then disillusionment, I believe I need all the excuses I can make.

It can be a miserable profession, acting, because you always want what you can't have.

It's always really funny to watch someone who really wants something who isn't getting it but who's desperate for it.

I feel like what I'm after is not easy for me to find, and to want it to be easy... it would be absurd for me to have that ambition.

There are so many songs that I could not sing the way I wanted to. When such songs come on television or radio, I shut them off or leave the room.

You never forget the feeling of not getting to the World Series. Yes, it sticks with you.

I just have to accept that I won't ever be Al Green, which is a hard pill to swallow.

Losing a fantasy is much harder than losing a reality.