Thirst Quotes · Page 5

I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.

— Francois Rabelais

Begging for votes or attention feels desperate, and I like to save that for thirst traps on Instagram.

— Gabby Windey

“you will never lack so much of the water of comfort that your thirst will be intolerable;”

— Teresa of Ávila

You are dreaming your thirst when the water you want is inside the big vein on your neck.

— Rumi

Thirst of power and of riches now bear sway, The passion and infirmity of age.

— James Anthony Froude

... a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy.

— Thomas Paine

“he found, as the new century gathered headway, that his thirst for gayety grew stronger.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

[He died of thirst?] That sounds, if I might say, like the greatest Sprite commercial ever.

— Jon Stewart

What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it proves in happie Hour -…

— Elinor Glyn

Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened…

— Khalil Gibran

The spiritual thirst that is latent in everybody can never come to a place of fulfillment unless people begin to think of…

— Malidoma Patrice Some

“When it comes to endurance. In the name of religion or faith, you must be patient. In the name of humanity, you…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Stress is a good thing, of course. Hunger, thirst are both stresses; if not for them, we would not survive. It is…

— Milind Soman

Ambition and thirst for power have a part but greed and greed alone is the reason for a man wanting to swell…

— Charles Ranlett Flint

“A person's needs are met, and his appetite subsides. A person's wants are met, and his thirst swells greedily without end.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it.

— Madame de Stael

“It’s a physical urge, stronger than thirst or sex. Halfway back on the left side of my head there is a spot…

— Jean Hegland

The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction.…

— Samuel Johnson

“Strike the rock and the water will flow; don’t wait to brag about why you alone can hit the rock for water…

— Israelmore Ayivor

The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was…

— Frederic William Maitland

I have always enjoyed vampire stuff without ever having been a full vampire geek. I suppose I love the idea of blood…

— Matt Haig

The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things —…

— John Ruskin

A painter's hand has a thirst for thieving, it steals from heaven and makes a gift to the memories of men, it…

— Dacia Maraini

There are so many opportunities where people are thirsting: young people who are preparing for Confirmation, young adults who are searching, people…

— Joseph Edward Kurtz

Pack the one bag. Unpack it, pack it, unpack it, pack it: passeport, ticket, book, taxi, airport, check-in, beer, announcement, stairs, airplane,…

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and…

— Steven Pinker

Like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall…

— Satya Nadella

“Two Weeks" I know it hurts You know I’d quench that thirst (I can treat you better than the) You say you're…

— FKA Twigs

Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in…

— Sadhu Sundar Singh

Anger is neither legitimate nor illegitimate, meaningful nor pointless. Anger simply is. To ask, "Is my anger legitimate?" is similar to asking,…

— Harriet Lerner

“I sit down by the river. Its incessant flow has polished the rocks carried from the top of the mountain. The aqueous…

— Gabrielle Dubois

“It is an old story, that men sell themselves to the tempter, and sign a bond with their blood, because it is…

— George Eliot

Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?

— Anonymous

The focus of education should not be on suppressive information but on kindling the thirst for knowing.

— Jaggi Vasudev

Birthdays was the worst days Now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay

— Notorious BIG

I want to see thirst In the syllables, Tough fire In the sound; Feel through the dark For the scream.

— Pablo Neruda

“you simply have a thirst for adventure that cannot be quenched!”

— Eric Verbovszky

Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.

— Horace

I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of [woman]. —JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach