Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

Evasion of the unadorned immediacy of life is as deep-seated as it is relentless. Even with the ardent desire to be aware and alert in… — Stephen Batchelor
How many of us would be able to overcome our desires and resist the temptation of sin? How many of us even lower our gaze… — Ibn Taymiyyah
Once you have made the decision to do the film, once you have identified the desire and all the deep and personal, intimate, artistic reasons… — Isabelle Huppert
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention. — Christian Bale
I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way. — Ben Stiller
I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got… — Kelsey Grammer
I don't want to be the ingenue anymore. It's nice to be glamorous, but I don't want to always be an object of desire. Because… — Scarlett Johansson
There is no masculine psychology in my cinema. There is only the resentments and desires of women. A man should not attempt to recognize himself… — Catherine Breillat
For years I've nursed a secret desire to spend the Fourth of July in a double hammock with a swingin' redheaded broad. But I could never… — Frank Sinatra
I've seen firsthand coming here with empty pockets but full of dreams, full of desire, full of will to succeed, but with the opportunities that… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to… — Jeremy Irons
I personally would go further and say that, if your morality is based, as mine is, on a desire to increase the sum of happiness… — Richard Dawkins
It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents — Laura Dern
It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my… — James Coburn
James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them. — Mark Wahlberg
What matters most with any regimen, whether it's to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire… — Ewan McGregor
I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines. — Daniel Craig
I've been out to LA a couple of times but, over there, the Grenouille in me always comes to the surface. I feel completely terrified,… — Ben Whishaw
I feel sexy because I feel loved. That's what sexy is-it's feeling good from the inside. When you feel sexy or sensuous, you naturally want… — Demi Moore
Training for me is a metaphor for life, period. The dedication, the determination, the desire, the work ethic, the great successes and the great failures… — Dwayne Johnson
For me, the desire exists less to get myself a degree than to just go and have the whole college experience, and throw myself into… — Joshua Jackson
I'm simply saying that our deepest thoughts, desires and preoccupations manifest themselves in art, whether we intend them to or not. That's what art is… — Simon Pegg
People hesitate to follow their desires because they don't know how to divide their soul from their spirit. — Rihanna
Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years… — Roger Maris
So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the… — Della Reese

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