Desire Quotes

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's… — Francis Bacon
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. — Francis Bacon
Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. — Mikhail Bakunin
Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours. — James A. Baldwin
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. — James A. Baldwin
A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something… — Christian Bale
Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality… — Alan Ball
Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth… — Johnny Ball
By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to… — Eric Bana
I remember in 'Law of Desire,' where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than… — Antonio Banderas
Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. — James M. Barrie
Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the… — Roland Barthes
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions… — John Adams
This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed. — Charles Baudelaire
There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away… — Emmanuelle Beart
We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more… — Emmanuelle Beart
I have no desire to be president of the United States. Zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable. And there are far… — Glenn Beck
A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our… — Robert Foster Bennett
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me. — Sarah Bernhardt

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