The man fed every carnal fantasy she possessed. He sat her…

“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed and puzzled…

— Henry Fielding

The lust to meet authors ranks low, I think, on the roll of holy appetites; but it is an authentic pang.

— John Updike

Christianity has aimed to deliver us from a life determined by nature, from the appetites as actuating us, and so has meant that man…

— Max Stirner

“The sparks are getting hungrier every day, but controlling appetites is what separates man from beast. I shall wait until”

— Christa Faust

Our appetites, of one or another kind, are excellent spurs to our reason, which might otherwise but feebly set about the great ends of…

— Charles Lamb

Speak of the appetite for drink; or of a bon-vivant's relish for dinner! What are these mere animal throes and ragings compared with those…

— Henry Ward Beecher

We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God.

— John Piper

“Was it a form of madness, no longer to be able to trust your sense of things? To be betrayed by decisions apparently arrived…

— Paul Russell

“Fire, slavery, cloth, coin, and stone - these are the basis of civilized life. Sometimes it happens that one or another of them gets…

— Samuel R. Delany

“Any darkness that comes out in my life is the fruit of my own appetites, and it's my choice either to feed or starve…

— Mark Hall

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.

— Kate Smith

I've been a skinny girl my whole life. I just don't sit down - I'm always on the go. It must be down to…

— Donna Air

There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged,…

— Confucius

The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce…

— Victor Davis Hanson

“Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we can’t…

— Stephen Covey