Desire Quotes

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

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.

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others.

Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.

From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canada's war effort as effective as possible.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well.

When desire dies, fear is born.

If I was going to make a broad generalisation, I'd say that I prefer the company of women. People know now that I live with Mike Figgis, but I prefer not to talk about it. On one level, privacy is important, but on another level I have no desire to deny certain things.

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered.

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.

It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...'

A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.

Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?

My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.

I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled with the desire to talk about the play and the issues and the characters, and how they're all navigating their personal views around race.

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember.