One Wants Quotes
389 quotes by 341 authors
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Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage;…
— Georges Bataille
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If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than…
— Mortimer Adler
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The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.
— William S. Burroughs
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One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick,…
— Sholom Aleichem
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No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress the laws of God will…
— Richard G. Scott
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Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when…
— Karl Pearson
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The Work reveals that what you think shouldn't have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and no thinking in the world…
— Byron Katie
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Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh and blood and warm breath…
— Janet Morris
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It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.
— David Riesman
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...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more guts,…
— Cesar Chavez
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Things and men have always a certain sense, a certain side by which they must be got hold of if one wants to obtain a…
— Joseph Conrad
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One should not go into churches if one wants to breathe pure air.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Before we put an American in harm's way, tell us why. No one wants to see the region descend into further chaos. There's a lot…
— Xavier Becerra
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If one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river.
— Anchee Min
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No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient.
— Arthur Miller
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Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and does not know its cause,…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Because drug dealers shoot each other in London, Norfolk farmers can't have guns to defend their homes. I mean, no one wants a gun -…
— Jeremy Clarkson
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You know why you are doing something. And if it is against your life, your principles and ideals it is bothersome. And no one wants…
— Chidananda Saraswati
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Most processes leave out the stuff no one wants to talk about: magic, intuition and leaps of faith.
— Michael Bierut
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No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.
— Richard Petty
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