Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable? — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
After all, it's woman, who decide, if a man is desirable or undesirable. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I don't just live to work because I don't think that's healthy or desirable. — Harris Dickinson Copy Share Image
Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all… — John Braine Copy Share Image
Scientific theories tell us what is possible; myths tell us what is desirable. Both are needed to guide proper action. — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
We shall never prevent the abuse of power if we are not prepared to limit power in a way which occasionally may… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Beauty is highly desirable but simplicity and usefulness are the overwhelming fashion of our age. Just because it's beautiful does not mean… — Gerry McGovern Copy Share Image
It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable, but desirable. They mean growth. Taking a new step, uttering… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
When you try to cool down hot emotions, what tends to happen is that you end up either repressing them or losing… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Rhythm is born in all of us. To be a desirable dancing partner, you don't have to do all the intricate fancy… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
It is only by the rational use of technology; to control and guide what technology is doing; that we can keep any… — Carrie Snow Copy Share Image
Intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, something to value or cultivate. It's more like a fifth wheel - necessary or desirable… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable,… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
I am Western and I see no need or reason to change that. The Western lifestyle has many things to offer, as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We have no paupers ... The great mass of our [United States] population is of laborers; our rich, who can live without… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A gift of flowers to a woman implies that she is as deliciously desirable as the blossoms themselves; but there may be… — Eleanor Perenyi Copy Share Image
When someone new comes into your life and suddenly you feel more alive, more beautiful, more sexual, more creative, more desirable and… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
The weaknesses and biases of the international mechanisms of accountability make it seem desirable to extend the domain of accountability by empowering… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
With regard to Banks, they have taken too deep and too wide a root in social transactions, to be got rid of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests,… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“While it may not be a good idea to take excessive interest in the happenings of the world, it is also not… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
It would be rash to conclude that, on balance, the environment of the globe as a whole is either deteriorating or improving,… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
“It is very desirable to have a word to express the Availability for work of the heat in a given magazine; a… — Peter Guthrie Tait Copy Share Image
“What is there about me that makes me the least bit desirable?” She wasn’t fishing, she truly wanted to know. Right now… — Kathryn Smith Copy Share Image
Effort and work can become fun when you establish specific desirable goals. — W. Clement Stone Copy Share Image
To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A youthful age is desirable, but aged youth is troublesome and grievous. — Chilon of Sparta Copy Share Image
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