Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses on Wall Street even among the professionals, who feel that they… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Professional traders have always had some system or other based upon their experience and governed either by their attitude towards speculation or by their desires. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Both desire and imagination are stored in the mind of the individual and when stretched, both have the potential to position a person for greatness. — Eric Thomas
Men in general desire the good and not merely what their fathers had. — Aristotle
Grant began by expressing a hope that the war would soon be over, and Lee replied by stating that he had for some time been… — Horace Porter
Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. — C.S. Lewis
Food Throwers: Begun usually by estranged couples, once this victual flinging starts, everyone will do it...Should your dinner party have become an out of control… — J P Donleavy
Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat. — Hakuin Ekaku
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace,… — William Shakespeare
From my earliest childhood I nourished and cherished the desire to make a creditable journey in a new country, and write such a respectable account… — Joseph Dalton Hooker
Seeing my family have it all took the place of that desire for diplomas on the wall — Drake
I've been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can't really say where the desire came from; I've always had it.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it. Some days you don't want… — Natalie Goldberg
I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me. — Anthony Burgess
The human desire to know why is as powerful as the desire to know what happened next, and it is a desire of a higher… — Janet Burroway
I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a passionate desire to communicate, to… — James A. Michener
When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer. — Regina Brett
The life of a mathematician is dominated by an insatiable curiosity, a desire bordering on passion to solve the problems he is studying. — Jean Dieudonne
The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields… — Albert Einstein
The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It… — H.G. Wells
Trusting your intuition means tuning in as deeply as you can to the energy you feel, following that energy moment to moment, trusting that it… — Shakti Gawain
My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a camera. It evolved… — Galen Rowell
There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no… — David Hurn
And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or… — Sam Abell
The Photograph belongs to that class of laminated objects whose two leaves cannot be separated without destroying them both: the windowpane and the landscape, and… — Roland Barthes

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