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Desire Quotes
"Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries."
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"Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest."
166
"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."
106
"I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in an idiomatic, irreplaceable manner."
76
"The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness."
76
"We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire."
75
"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."
72
"Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."
72
"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration."
72
"My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible."
70
"If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it."
70
"Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy."
69
"If you desire many things, many things will seem few."
68
"The good thing about getting older is that, as you become less attractive, so you have less desire to go out and conquer everyone you see."
67
"You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true."
64
"When you are suffering from sexual starvation, a spank or even a hug seems like a porn scene."
64
"For long minutes, we stood there. Until I said, "Let's go find somewhere to eat " outside. "Hmmm. He showed no sign of letting go. I looked up at last. Found his eyes shining with that familiar, wicked light. "I think I'm hungry for something else, he purred. My toes curled in my boots, but I lifted my brows and said cooly, "Oh? Rhys nipped at my earlobe, then whispered in my ear as he winnowed us up to our bedroom, where two plates of food now waited on the desk. "I owe you for last night, mate. He gave me the courtesy, at least, of letting me pick what he consumed first; me or the food. I picked wisely."
61
"In some cases, people with a body (whose size) they did not long for are victims of having a bank balance (whose size) they longed for."
61
"The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron."
60
"My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them."
60
"If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles."
60
"All that spirits desire, spirits attain."
59
"Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire."
59
"I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity."
59
"Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay."
59
"Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together."
58
"You, yesterday's boy,to whom confusion came:Listen, lest you forget who you are.It was not pleasure you fell into. It was joy.You were called to be bridegroom,though the bride coming toward you is your shame.What chose you is the great desire.Now all flesh bares itself to you.On pious images pale cheeksblush with a strange fire.Your senses uncoil like snakesawakened by the beat of the tambourine.Then suddenly you're left all alonewith your body that can't love youand your will that can't save you.But now, like a whispering in dark streets,rumors of God run through your dark blood."
58
"I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey."
56
"I was dying to have a cat. But they wouldn't let me. My mother hated them. Not once in my life have I managed to get something I really wanted. Not once. Can you believe it? You can't understand what it's like to live like that. When you get used to that kind of life--of never having anything you want--then you stop knowing what it is you want."
56
"It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves."
55
"I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires."
54
"Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it."
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