Famous Quotes & Sayings

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.

Desire can be violent, hence the arrows. That's the way the ancients thought of desire.

Do not read anything which fills your mind with gloomy images of want and suffering.

Peter Jackson

That is precisely just what I don't want to be known as. I just want to go back to my own little filmmaking base, telling small New Zealand stories with my writing partner, Fran Walsh. I have no huge desire to be swallowed up by Hollywood.

Peter Jackson

That is precisely just what I don't want to be known as, ... I just want to go back to my own little filmmaking base, telling small New Zealand stories with my writing partner, Fran Walsh. I have no huge desire to be swallowed up by Hollywood.

Michael W. Smith

There's this real desire on our part to be the man and woman of God that He wants us to be, and to do that you have to be a servant.

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.

Candice Bergen

I traveled and read a lot, but I didn't have any real desire to work, though I harbored the knowledge I should get off my butt and back to work.

It's all heart and desire. These kids can't be stopped.

It's all their call. When you have a situation like this, they've got to have the desire to get it done. And I think they thought it was about time.

Chris Chelios

It's not his desire, it's how he can handle it physically. He hasn't told me a word.

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.

Anouk Aimee

It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.

Anouk Aimee

It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen -- that's the most exalting.

It's something intangible. It's a desire to do the right thing.

Mike Magee

It's not a good thing to give away a goal after we scored but we still had the passion and desire to get another one after that.

It wasn't a numbers game at all. It was a desire to have a leadership team that was uniquely selected to serve the Greenville market.

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.

There's a lack of desire to do anything. It's not going to be until March that we get a really good idea about what kind of time table were looking at with Iraq.

There's a higher level of frustration, and there's a greater desire for solutions.

This (knowledge) should never be spoken by you to one who is devoid of austerity, who is without devotion, who does not desire to listen, or who speaks ill of Me.

They're pretty well focused on this tournament. It (the previous loss) will increase their desire to win. They don't like losing to Austin.

Karen Hughes

If we truly desire to reach a better understanding of each other we have to stop demonizing each other and replace hate with hope.

Danny Wuerffel

If using my name to get Desire Street in the door so people will listen is my God-given purpose, then so be it.

Benjamin Franklin

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few