Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of desire to marry on both, nothing stands in the way… — Cyril Connolly
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People… — Joseph de Maistre
It is impossible to think of Howard Hughes without seeing the apparently bottomless gulf between what we say we want and what we do want,… — Joan Didion
A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is either, like the… — Wystan Hugh Auden
They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in… — Plutarch
I have the normal desire, experienced by everybody who's ever flown an airplane with a certain amount of zoom capability, to go a little bit… — Gordon Cooper
Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime. — Adolf Galland
But they have two other Rights; those of sitting when they please, and as long as they please, in which methinks they have the advantage… — Benjamin Franklin
The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying… — Robert Plant
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was… — Pete Townshend
Intolerance lies at the core of evil. Not the intolerance that results from any threat or danger. But intolerance of another being who dares to… — Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my country; I am… — Queen Victoria
The world says that time is money, but I say that money is time. In order to earn enough money to satisfy his desires, one… — Israel Meir Kagan
When over long periods of human history I scrutinized the activity of the Jewish people, suddenly there arose up in me the fearful question whether… — Adolf Hitler
We desire peace. But peace is a goal, not a policy. Lasting peace is what we hope for at the end of our journey. It… — Ronald Reagan
It is evident that the right of acquiring and possessing property, and having it protected, is one of the natural, inherent, and unalienable rights of… — William Paterson
The moment you can learn to deal with homosexuality in art, it's quite an exciting moment, just as in a sense when people 'come out'… — David Hockney
There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires — Nelson Mandela
Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men. — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Other inner peace quotes encourage letting go of the desire to control everything around us, and slowing down as ways of attaining inner peace. — Brian Weiss
When your desire is to bring peace and harmony to the world, then you will have to start by finding peace and harmony within your… — Eileen Caddy
We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim - objects press around us,… — Oscar Wilde
The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the… — May Sarton
The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and… — Vaclav Havel
Ideas are floating like fish. Desire for an idea is like a bait on a hook. If you desire an idea, it pulls and it… — David Lynch

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