Humans Quote by Romulus Linney

It's natural for humans to suppress urges, for when our desires are left unchecked they lead to broken relationships, prison time, and forest fires.

— Amy Sedaris

All human activity is prompted by desire.

— Anonymous

Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

— Democritus

'Evil Urges' has some stuff in it that's unbelievable.

— Todd Haynes

Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions of pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones.

— Anais Nin

Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.

— Mason Cooley

Sexuality is a human instinct as natural as hunger or thirst.

— Alexandra Kollontai

There are many objects of desire, and therefore many desires. Some are born with us, hunger, yearning, and pride of place, and some are…

— Guy Davenport

There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“Symbolic representation makes it possible for instinctual impulses to find disguised, socially acceptable forms of gratification, not as satisfying as direct physical pleasure, but…

— Stephen A. Mitchell

“Just the minute another person is drawn into some one's life, there begin to arise undreamed-of complexities, and from such a simple beginning as…

— E.B. White

“Sexual desire does not obey the laws that maintain peace and contentment between partners. Reason, understanding, compassion, and camaraderie are the handmaidens of a…

— Esther Perel