--- title: "11 Like Desire Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Like Desire quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Like Desire sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/tom-waits-916_desire_there-s-no-prayer-like-desire-3047453_3047453.jpg" --- > [There's no prayer like desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/there-s-no-prayer-like-desire/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/tom-waits-916_desire_there-s-no-prayer-like-desire-3047453_3047453.jpg) > [Like desire, language disrupts, refuses to be contained within boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/like-desire-language-disrupts-refuses-to-be-contained-within/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/bell-hooks-464_boundaries_like-desire-language-disrupts-refuses-to_2661264.jpg) > [“So this is what it’s like to have so much desire for something it clouds all fear and embarrassment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-cross/so-this-is-what-it-s-like-to-have-so-much-desire-for-something-it/) [Julie Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/julie-cross-20500_daylight_so-this-is-what-it-s-like-to-have-so-muc_2004711.jpg) > [You know you kinda like someone when you have no desire to look at your phone while you're with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-know-you-kinda-like-someone-when-you-have-no-desire-to-look-at/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/anonymous-1_desire_you-know-you-kinda-like-someone-when-you_1864653.jpg) > [“If only they could stay young & beautifull like most of them desire, then we would probably stay young too”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zundap/if-only-they-could-stay-young-beautifull-like-most-of-them-desire/) [Zundap](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zundap/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/zundap-288532_beauty_if-only-they-could-stay-young-beautifull_1308704.jpg) > [Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laverne-cox/everyone-is-insecure-i-think-really-it-comes-from-like-a-desire-to/) [Laverne Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laverne-cox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/laverne-cox-12172_control_everyone-is-insecure-i-think-really-it-c_854700.jpg) > [“There is nothing like desire for preventing the things one says from bearing any resemblance to what one has in one's mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plum-sykes/there-is-nothing-like-desire-for-preventing-the-things-one-says-from/) [Plum Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plum-sykes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/plum-sykes-45039_desire_there-is-nothing-like-desire-for-prevent_1605340.png) > [“Message: I can make fun of myself despite my perfection: I am more like you in this regard: it's safe for you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-boudinot/message-i-can-make-fun-of-myself-despite-my-perfection-i-am-more-like/) [Ryan Boudinot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-boudinot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/ryan-boudinot-37503_message_message-i-can-make-fun-of-myself-despite_2571840.jpg) > [Nothing you become will disappoint me; I have no preconception that I'd like to see you be or do. I have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-you-become-will-disappoint-me-i-have-no-preconception-that-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/anonymous-1_desire_nothing-you-become-will-disappoint-me-i_2165715.jpg) > [“Did you ever want something so deeply you were scared to let yourself have it? Like a desire so great you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-mones/did-you-ever-want-something-so-deeply-you-were-scared-to-let-yourself/) [Nicole Mones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-mones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/nicole-mones-22031_desire_did-you-ever-want-something-so-deeply-yo_909700.jpg) > [“So many girls allow themselves to be bleeding idiots because that's what's expected of them. Dress like a girl. Walk like one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/so-many-girls-allow-themselves-to-be-bleeding-idiots-because-that-s/) [Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/lauren-destefano-892_desire_so-many-girls-allow-themselves-to-be-ble_1418765.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-desire/#itemlist", "name": "Like Desire Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's no prayer like desire.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/there-s-no-prayer-like-desire/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/tom-waits-916_desire_there-s-no-prayer-like-desire-3047453_3047453.jpg", "contentUrl": 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