Desirable Quotes

379 quotes by 315 authors

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being… — Anthony Kiedis
Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat. — Fran Lebowitz
Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. — Walter Lippmann
The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. — Neville Marriner
Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child. — Phyllis McGinley
Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends. — John Stuart Mill
All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of… — John Stuart Mill
Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling… — John Stuart Mill
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. — Plutarch
When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be. — Natalie Portman
Rhythm is born in all of us. To be a desirable dancing partner, you don't have to do all the intricate fancy steps that happen… — Ginger Rogers
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities. — Bertrand Russell
First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions… — Cliff Stearns
I don't want to be a movie star like Angelina Jolie. Nothing about being a celebrity is desirable. I'm an actor. It's bizarre to me… — Kristen Stewart
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. — Henry David Thoreau
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be. — Henry David Thoreau
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. — Mark Twain
Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want… — Robert Winston
From 1970 onwards, our culture told both sexes that individual expression was paramount. And for women, that was defined as the right to choose an… — Naomi Wolf
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral. — Frank Lloyd Wright

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