Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have no intention and even less desire to enforce this name on everything.

John Ashcroft

We have no desire whatsoever to in any way erode or undermine constitutional liberties,

Ruth Ginsburg

We have neither desire, need, nor right to know most of Judge Roberts's views on most imaginable subjects,

Wherever I am, whatever I do, my only purpose in life is to see you a restless desire like the need to see the light in the morning.

Billy Sheehan

It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.

He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body.

Dan Gilroy

'To Die For,' with Nicole Kidman, is great - her desire to be a part of news, how she uses news to further her career and how it can drive you insane. I love that movie.

John McDonald

The intensity of your desire governs the power with which the force is directed.

Their desire to fight each other outweighed the dollar percentages. That's really what's enabled this fight to take place. They want each other.

The review of the timeline is indicative of our desire to be flexible, practical, and pragmatic and to listen to public feedback.

Joni Mitchell

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to be the one that you want to see. I want to knit you a sweater. I want to write you a love letter. I want to make you feel better. I want to make you feel free.

Not to take anything away from the other guys, but Tommy has got a little desire to go after this $1 million. That would be huge for bowling. We would all like to see it happen.

It's never been our desire to push this forward. It's always been our hope that we could resolve this amicably and without litigation.

Bernard Williams

In my experience of shame, the other sees all of me and all through me, even if the occasion of shame is on my surface -- for instance, in my appearance; and the expression of shame, in general, as well as in the particular form of it that is embarrassment, is not just the desire to hide, or to hide my face, but the desire to disappear, not to be there. It is not even the wish, as people say, to sink through the floor, but rather the wish that the space occupied by me should be instantaneously empty. With guilt it is not like this. I am more dominated by the thought that even if I disappeared, it would come with me.

I knew what his desires were, but we didn't get to that point. We talked about four or five different scenarios.

Maurice Clarett

I just want to get in there and work, work my butt off, anything to help the team, running the ball, special teams, anything. . . . I'm not sure if it's more motivation than other people, but I have to say my drive and my desire is very high right now. I can feel the energy.

Michael Palmer

I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, 'That was fun.' It's hardly my desire for them to sit and think, 'What a great literary image.'

I made a promise to (the players) when I resigned (after the 2004 season) that if any of them had a desire to play in college, it was my job to give them that opportunity.

I'm sure I would have been welcomed back. That wouldn't have been any problem. But I honestly had no desire to come back when Spurrier was here. I don't have any problem with Spurrier; he's who he is. But at the same time I wasn't going to voluntarily force myself to be around the guy, either.

Mary Lou Retton

I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.

J. Taylor

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

Not every one of our desires can be immediately gratified. We've got to learn towait patiently for our dreams to come true, especially on the path we've chosen.

It was plain for everyone to see we showed the desire to keep the unbeaten running which is what the manager went over on Friday. They were very focused on doing that.

John Burns

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

Steve Green

It took a lot of hard work and a lot of hours, and it took a lot of heart and dedication. I've never had a whole lot of anything, so I've always had my desires and my dreams.

Samuel Johnson

The two great movers of the human mind are the desire for good, and the fear of evil

The vast majority of owners desire this annexation and request R-1 (residential, minimum 1-acre lot size) zoning for the acreage,

Ernest Dowson

They are not long, the weeping and the laughter, / Love and desire and hate: / I think they have no portion in us after / We pass the gate.

There's a great desire in people after a tragedy like this to go back to their lives as it was, ... This may not be possible for some.

Lord Byron

The tourture we desire is the greatest of all.

The trend follows the strong market from last year. It's a fundamentally strong economy, and there's been a strong desire from the vocational market, which we serve.

I still enjoy playing and I still have a desire to play.

Is not this the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you?