Desire Quotes · Page 111

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly…

— Jackie Chan

It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.

— Deborah Harkness

I've learned... that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

— Andy Rooney

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

— Salman Rushdie

I'm completely against [feminism]. I have no desire to give up my privileges.

— Hannah Arendt

I have this dying desire to be on top. I'm paranoid about it. It's almost a sickness.

— Howie Long

Never lose sight of what you need and what you desire. You might end up with what you never wanted.

— Anonymous

I didn't have any desire to be an actor until right before I did it.

— Jamie Sives

I loved the illusion, the conviction, the desire - whatever you want to call it - that the words were agents rather…

— Eavan Boland

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I think part of being Jewish is that innate desire to question things. Rabbis sit around all day and question the Torah.…

— Iliza Shlesinger

You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness…

— Abraham Lincoln

A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the…

— Phyllis Bottome

From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way…

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

Prayer involves transformed passions. In prayer, real prayer, we begin to think God's thoughts after Him: to desire the things He desires,…

— Richard J. Foster

“If you’ve ever dreamed of playing a hand in the development of humankind, or if you just have a burning desire to…

— Sean Patrick

Today, America poses a threat to peace and security in the world. Therefore, the slogan "Death to America" is no longer used…

— Ali Khamenei

Then no rightful cause was left, and the pain of anger was turning into the shameful pain of submission. He had no…

— Ayn Rand

Self-reflection is a desire felt by the body, as well as the soul. As dancers, healers, and saints all know, when you…

— Susan Griffin

I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problem to solve, with only the desire to use pencil on paper... but as…

— Henry Moore

“They say that life is an accident, driven by sexual desire, that the universe has no moral order, no truth, no God.…

— Ved Vyasa

Coca-Cola remains emblematic of the best and worst of America and Western civilization. The history of Coca-Cola is the often funny story…

— Mark Pendergrast

The human mind has a desire to know its place in the universe and the role we play in the tapestry of…

— Michio Kaku

Faith may always be acquired. Whoso is devoid of faith, and desires to have it, may acquire it by living for a…

— William Batchelder Greene

Creativity springs from the yearning to be the fullness of who you are.

— Ram Dass

Successful men are influenced by desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by desire for pleasing methods

— Frank E Brennan

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will...in a dull man.

— Anonymous

“Craving is a good thing.In matters of culinary art, craving creates wonders.”

— Andy Paula

People despise the lust for power that originates from a craving for homage and for the attributes of power.

— Konstantin Ushinsky

“...it's better to wake up amid the pangs of desire than amid those of remorse.”

— Amin Maalouf

I have no desire to be 60 years old and standing on the side of the pitch.

— Frank Rijkaard

God will himself bless you with everything, so don't desire things before time.

— Senora Roy

“A concrete love is a mass of emotion formed into a compound mixture of affection, care, desire and expectation.”

— Munia Khan

It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made.

— Frank B. Kellogg

He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

No growth without resistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint.

— Li Mu

I knew nothing about sales, marketing or how to run a company. Nor did I have a desire to do any of…

— Brian Behlendorf

Some people wish to be pretty/ handsome and famous, or popular but me, I just want to be normal and always happy.

— Anonymous

“Here is the faithful night, the cool night which I called for amid the noise of lights, drink and the tumult of…

— Albert Camus

After all, conflict arises, does it not, through the desire to be something, to be other than what is.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti