Desire Quotes

Men freely believe that which they desire.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling.

Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.

Federer can be the best ever; he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire.

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready.

Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up with some truth - not fact, but something that gets you closer to the truth. That's what we want. When we go to a play, we need to be assured that the experience we're having.

People attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting.

Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.

By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality.

A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something I'm interested in trying. I would fail miserably at it, so why even bother?

Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.

The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt.

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learned to separate them.

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

Desire creates its own object.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

I have no desire to be a cat, which walks so lightly that it never creates a disturbance.

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.