Desired Quotes

463 Desired quotes by 375 unique authors

MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death. — Ambrose Bierce
When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired. — Bertrand Russell
I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends… — Aminu Kano
For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding.… — Jacques Attali
Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons. — Dorothy E. Denning
The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same… — Robert Fortune
To a greater or lesser degree, the project of the self becomes translated into one of the possession of desired goods and the pursuit of… — Anthony Giddens
Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second,… — Townsend Harris
When people know the desired destination, they’re free to improvise, as needed, in arriving there. — Chip Heath
That is the worst moment, when you feel you have lost / The desires for all that was most desirable, / Before you are contented… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end. — John Dewey
REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative… — Ambrose Bierce
I don't think there's anything to be desired in a bunch of people chasing you around, trying to get a piece of your clothing. — Sam Waterston
I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it probably really works… — Ryan Adams
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved, in a tear of the sisters of Phaeton, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar. It… — Martial
We have been sold a lifestyle, when what our soul desired was life. — Oriah Dreamer
To live a very long time... is supposed to be the desired object of all human life. But it is not. The main thing is… — James Dickey
Advice, First Law of: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired. — Paul Dickson
I should have wished to possess the intellectual equilibrium that characterizes you and permits you to achieve without fail the desired end... Chance has not… — Paul Cezanne
My picture, Fifth Avenue, Winter is the result of a three hours' stand during a fierce snow-storm on February 22nd 1893, awaiting the proper moment.… — Alfred Stieglitz
It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can be… — Giorgio Vasari
Soldiers! Here is the battle you have so long desired! Henceforth victory depends on you; we have need of it. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Love is a disease which fills you with a desire to be desired.... - Comte de Toulouse — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for Enjoyment as though Enjoyment consisted… — August Strindberg
Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species. — C.S. Lewis

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