Passionate Quotes

1162 Passionate quotes by 937 unique authors

[His mind] was like a volcano, full of fire and wealth, sometimes calm, often dazzling and playful, but ever threatening. It ran swift as the… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books… — A. Edward Newton
I'm not one to go on blogs and things like that, but we do have our own personal Twitter profiles, so we get a lot… — Katharine McPhee
My personality is just innately even-keeled. I'm not such a huge daredevil. Which is not to say I'm not a passionate woman. I don't know,… — Vera Farmiga
I'm energetic and passionate about the needs - the things we need to fix. I don't feel old, I don't feel like yesterday's news — Jeb Bush
When I see people talking about TV, they're way more animated, way more passionate than when they talk about films. — Jamie Bell
I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a… — Yelawolf
When tempted to be unfaithful, the intellectual woman will try to inspire her husband with indifference, the sentimental woman with hatred, and the passionate woman… — Honore de Balzac
In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued. — Eric Hoffer
There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind. — Eric Hoffer
Passionate intensity may serve as a substitute for confidence. — Eric Hoffer
The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness… — Eric Hoffer
Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary… — Eric Hoffer
Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is… — Eric Hoffer
Men have always been the victims of trifles, but when they were uncomfortable and passionate, and in constant danger, they hardly had time to notice… — George Santayana
I have the loftiest idea, and the most passionate one, of art. Much too lofty to agree to subject it to anything. Much too passionate… — Albert Camus
Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne? — Stephen Sondheim
What my art probably lacks is a kind of passionate humanity... There is no sensuous relationship, not even the noblest, between myself and the many. — Paul Klee
Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but in… — Carl von Clausewitz
We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He… — Maurice Denis
The sculptor must search with passionate intensity for the underlying principle of the organisation of mass and tension - the meaning of gesture and the… — Barbara Hepworth
There are some people whom you have in life who have the capacity for real, passionate commitment to something, and sometimes you may be passionately… — Warren Beatty
I don't think I have a split personality. I believe the same person I am on the field is the same person I am at… — Troy Polamalu
I've always been passionate about what I do and want to do it well, ... My wife says she's a widow to the computer. — Scott Simon
The artist at her best - wild, passionate, rebellious, and human - is often too large and truthful a creature for society's taste. The artist… — Eric Maisel

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