Help me remember a movie quote about wanting things one way

July 10, 2015 9:17 AM

It's on the tip of my tongue and I can almost visualize the actor saying it, but for several days have been coming up blank. The quote is like "you keep wanting things to be one way but they're not" or "the way you want things to be isn't the way they are." Halp please?
posted by ish__ to Grab Bag (6 answers total)

Can you provide more context - like if the character says it angrily during a sunset? I'm really curious about this one and I'm sure the hivemind will figure it out.
posted by singmespanishtechno at 9:27 AM on July 10, 2015

Best answer: Marlo Stanfield from The Wire?
posted by gettingpaidforthis at 9:28 AM on July 10, 2015 [6 favorites]

Best answer: I imagine you're thinking of this scene from The Wire.
posted by Mr. Justice at 9:29 AM on July 10, 2015

Best answer: Technically, it's "You want it to be one way! But it's the other way."
posted by selfnoise at 10:06 AM on July 10, 2015

Response by poster: Indeed. Thank you. Has been driving me crazy for a few days now :)
posted by ish__ at 12:23 PM on July 10, 2015

God I loved that line.
posted by pjenks at 4:05 PM on July 10, 2015