It may be desirable to explain, that by the word operation, we mean any process which alters the mutual relation of two… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and… — Sallust Copy Share Image
I don't think that that's a desirable option for us. Besides, it wouldn't work, because there are too many other countries that… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The readiest way which God takes to draw a man to himself is, to afflict him in that he loves most, and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Sexiness is no longer defined just as whether we are desirable, but also what we desire. The more liberated women become -… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
One of the functions of art is to offer a more desirable reality - a model, as it were, of another style… — Peter Schmidt Copy Share Image
Early gay novels such as 'Giovanni's Room' and 'The City and the Pillar' were not nearly as important to me as Isherwood's… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
It's one thing to want money, but if you find yourself choking on a coin as you wake, the money is slightly… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Culturally we don't allow women to be as free as they would like, because that is frightening. We either shun those women… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
You can develop any habit or thought or behavior that you consider desirable or necessary. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, — but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
If you're a little hippy and full-bosomed, don't try to remake yourself in the image of a skinny fashion model. It won't… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
I believe that a desirable future depends on our deliberately choosing a life of action over a life of consumption, on our… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Many of us fear that we are not attractive or desirable enough to attract others. We have believed that we are "not… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable. — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The only method compatible with our notions of civilization and the race is to prevent the breeding of the unfit by sterilization… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly. — John Major Copy Share Image
It was like hunting fish with an underwater gun, a sport which he had once been foolish enough to try. At one… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
By unrighteousness man prospers, gains what appears desirable, conquer enemies, but perishes a the root. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
