Before giving advice we must have secured its acceptance, or, rather, have made it desired. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place. — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
“I knew what I possessed was exactly what I wanted, that I desired no more than what I had.” — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
If I desired to kill the senator why did I not do it? You all admit that I had him in my… — Preston Brooks Copy Share Image
“If you desired someone, if he comforted you, if you thought he might leech the poison out of your heart, was that… — Rosamund Hodge Copy Share Image
For the record, I believe that women and their doctors should have access to oral contraception when desired by the patient and… — Ami Bera Copy Share Image
This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
“Some women don't care what you can do for them. They care about what you could make of them in the inside.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Everything you show to the other is not the real but the desired, not that which is but that which should be.” — Osho Copy Share Image
The old 7 Series, the E38, was an elegant car, an evolution of the classic BMW look. But it wasn't penetrating the… — Chris Bangle Copy Share Image
Imagine if you had everything you ever desired, everything you wanted, what would you do so wonderful for the world besides waste… — Billy Vincent Copy Share Image
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I've got a feeling that with the best coppers - and in fact the best people in any field of work -… — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
“The problem with wanting is that is makes us weak. How right he was. I'd wanted so badly to belong somewhere, anywhere.… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
“Now, please don't tell me you don't care about how you look and that there's more to you than your appearance. There… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
“She knew exactly what she wanted. She wanted to LOVE and be loved. She wanted to fall asleep in someone’s arms and… — Amanda A. Allen Copy Share Image
“Alexander did not dare request what he really desired, though he knew that if he asked him for his sweetheart's hand he… — Chrétien de Troyes Copy Share Image
“The desired shape of your dreams is different from the supposed shape of another person’s dream. When shaping your own, you may… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, I thought I would go into comedy and there would be a mentor, like the Philip Seymour… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
We all grew up so utterly vulnerable, enthralled by romantic love as we knew it. First of all, it was pounded into… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
“You ask for too much, Iain,” she murmured. “More than I can give.” “Do I?” Movement against her made her pause, made… — Charlotte Featherstone Copy Share Image
“The song wanted. It wanted in the way Yeva had always wanted, wanted not so much a thing as everything, something beyond… — Meagan Spooner Copy Share Image
“I wanted every sensation you experienced— every spark of pleasure, every hint of pain— to come from me. I wanted to fuck… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“Unable to rid myself of it, since I heard your song humming ever in my head, beheld your feet dancing always on… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
To attain something desired is to discover how vain it is; and…though we live all our lives in expectation of better things,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My aim is to have easy command of all the pleasures desired by a cultivated man. I want to live among beautiful… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“In her book For Women Only, Shaunti Feldhahn revealed the results of a professional survey of men that asked this question: With… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
