Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Quarles

He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes himself prisoner to his own tongue.

Ian Fleming

She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains and she was raped - by me.

Horace

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

Horace

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

Cameron Russell

If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.

I desire neither victory nor pleasure nor kingdom, O Krishna. What is the use of the kingdom, or enjoyment, or even life, O Krishna?

He's got all the physical attributes. He's got all of the desire. He's got everything going for him, except his size.

Hasim Rahman

He showed tremendous heart in his fight with Lennox Lewis, and he did show desire, ... He proved he was a champion. I really respect this man. I really feel like he can hurt me if I come with any less than my A-plus game.

If consumers' desire for large SUVs does not snap back, GM will be launching its new full size SUVs into an unwelcoming market.

Honore de Balzac

Show me the woman, however loyal, who does not seek to rouse desire.

Honore de Balzac

Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.

Harold Ramis

I've always had that overweening desire to be liked by the audience.

Jacques Delors

This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.

Jacques Derrida

It is to have a compulsive, repetitive, and nostalgic desire for the archive, an irrepressible desire to return to the origin, a homesickness, a nostalgia for the return to the most archaic place of absolute commencement

J. R. R. Tolkien

Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.

J. R. R. Tolkien

I have an unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow.

Izabella Scorupco

I've always been comfortable with my sexual desires and what I like.

Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, ''Joy is not in things, it is in us.''

Nate Lowman

There are so many different desires that make you execute an artwork.

Miles Franklin

the way to wean any one from a desire is not by condemnation of it.

Milan Kundera

I feel a frantic desire to free myself. To start all over again and in another way.

Milarepa

I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.

Marcel Proust

It is desire that engenders belief; if we fail as a rule to take this into account, it is because most of the desires that create beliefs end only with out own life.

Marcel Proust

Desire makes everything blossom

Marcel Proust

Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

Joni Eareckson Tada

I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.

Jo Nesbo

There’s only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.

The last two years in Seattle, it wasn't that fun. It wasn't a fun atmosphere. Everybody on the team was down. I didn't get to play much. With the Angels, I had a lot of fun. It's great to come back to a team that's just incredible as far as the makeup of this team and the desire and the drive. It's so refreshing.

Socrates

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

Marcus Garvey

This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice.

Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.