Desire Quotes · Page 117

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

— Townsend Harris

[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.

— Theophile Gautier

“Regardless of whether luck or coincidence is involved, desires directed in the right way have a tendency to manifest.”

— Stephen Richards

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature

— Hjalmar Branting

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

— Henry Fielding

“It isn'y explanations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on.”

— Paulo Coelho

When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

“A person cannot be at once a libertine and a married Romantic, however compelling both paradigms might be.”

— Alain de Botton

Carving is a source of joy to the artist. . . . To attack the raw material, gradually to extract a shape…

— Aristide Maillol

So the desire you have, that itch that you have to be whatever it is you want to be … that itch,…

— Denzel Washington

“Every desire is an end and every end is a desire then the end of the world is a desire of the…

— Sun Ra

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does…

— Herbert Read

“Before I get inside you again, you need to know that with me you don’t have to hide your desires. With me…

— R.G. Alexander

“You don't find the concept of illicit love at all engaging?” “The concept, maybe. But in literature? That's like ordering a glass…

— Nenia Campbell

In freedom can be found many devotions: a devotion to love, a desire to believe, a willingness to be happy, a perseverance…

— Anonymous

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record,…

— Susannah McCorkle

“There was more, he was sure. He could feel it. Something deeper. More profound. More worthy. More likeable. It was like a…

— Alan McCluskey

One of those disturbing tendencies in academic life is that there is a desire on the part of many in the name…

— Lawrence Summers

Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from…

— Dean Koontz

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot…

— Thomas Merton

Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the world, but…

— Cordell Hull

“The experienced feel love or desire, or both. The inexperienced are sick with a thousand feelings, most of them unformed: fearful that…

— Gene Wolfe

Our God, who art our winged self, it is thy will in us that willeth. It is thy desire in us that…

— Khalil Gibran

No passion is stronger in the breast of man than the desire to make others believe as he believes. Nothing so cuts…

— Virginia Woolf

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires

— Nelson Mandela

“...There's a difference between desire and desperation. You should never want a guy more than he wants you.”

— Dream Jordan

There is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time.

— Jane Smiley

We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art.

— Eli Siegel

Her soft sensual lips can brighten the darkest side of my soul in an instant.

— Michae Kilby

Appreciate the beauty you see everyday, invent what you desire to see and enjoy the fantasies you love to imagine.

— Terry Mark

Hollywood desires money but they could not stand the political content.

— Melvin Van Peebles

Despite their cool poses they wear their cravings on the outside, like the suckers on a squid. They want it all.

— Margaret Atwood

Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.

— William Beveridge

I don't have many hobbies. If I think of hobbies, maybe ping pong. But I don't have a desire to get a…

— James Franco

Love is not a desire for beauty; it is a yearning for completion.

— Octavio Paz

The intensity of our desire to share the gospel is a great indicator of the extent of our personal conversion.

— Dallin H. Oaks

“How beautiful it could be if we woke up every morning with a burning desire to help others.”

— Debasish Mridha

I want someone who will give up anything just to be my everything.

— Anonymous

The worst reason to do magic is the desire to display your superiority to your fellow humans.

— Roberto Giobbi

The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.

— Maria Montessori