Appetites Quote by Christa Faust

“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed and puzzled…

— Henry Fielding

“Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we can’t…

— Stephen Covey

The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce…

— Victor Davis Hanson

There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged,…

— Confucius

I've been a skinny girl my whole life. I just don't sit down - I'm always on the go. It must be down to…

— Donna Air

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.

— Kate Smith

“Any darkness that comes out in my life is the fruit of my own appetites, and it's my choice either to feed or starve…

— Mark Hall

“Fire, slavery, cloth, coin, and stone - these are the basis of civilized life. Sometimes it happens that one or another of them gets…

— Samuel R. Delany

“Was it a form of madness, no longer to be able to trust your sense of things? To be betrayed by decisions apparently arrived…

— Paul Russell

We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God.

— John Piper

Speak of the appetite for drink; or of a bon-vivant's relish for dinner! What are these mere animal throes and ragings compared with those…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Our appetites, of one or another kind, are excellent spurs to our reason, which might otherwise but feebly set about the great ends of…

— Charles Lamb