Famous Quotes & Sayings

If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.

If you don't get to him early, you don't get to him. His competitiveness, his desire to win (are) just tremendous. A lot of times he just threw it by them.

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

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.

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.

I'm not going to give you a map. I can give you only a great passion to discover. Yes, a map is not needed; great passion, great desire to discover is needed. Then I leave you alone. Then you go on your own.

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.

Linda Cardellini

I had the desire to go to Los Angeles, and it's paid off for me. I can't complain.

Bill Gates

I'm not, you know, particularly good at this. Maybe I'll never be good at it. But to walk around to each patient and ask, you know, what is your problem? And be respectful of, you know, their desire for privacy. But I think it is very important. If people got out like that, you know these problems would get addressed.

Elena Dementieva

If she played it would make our team even stronger but I don't think she has such a desire,

Dottie Pepper

If she can maintain a healthy back, she would be one of my top choices. She has the length to compete, a wonderful short game and the desire to be on top.

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

I'm just glad to get out of here with a win. I think it's easier to play with MLS teams than play with these teams because of their desire and how they play. They're looking for that one chance. It would be nice to go out and put them away after 20 minutes, but it's never going to be like that.

If Museveni succeeds in his desire to win a third term, we may be looking at another Mugabe and Zimbabwe in the making.

Nicholas Sparks

I have no desire to write screenplays-at heart, I'm a novelist.

Kelvin Sampson

I have no desire to go anywhere. I have a desire to make my team better. . . . It ain't time for me to go yet.

Jewel Staite

I have no desire to direct at all. I know how much pressure it is, and, trust me, it's so much easier and so much more fun to be an actor.

I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently.

illustrates management's desire to release positive news as quickly as possible, given the company's ongoing put-option valuation process.

I just had a desire to go out of state - spread it out a little bit, experience some new things and meet some new people.

Michelangelo

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

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.

Sasha Azevedo

When you love people and have the desire to make a profound, positive impactupon the world, then will you have accomplished the meaning to live.