Quotes with appetite

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  • David Hume It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause.
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Henrik Ibsen Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not peace and happiness.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • Carson Daly My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home.
    Carson Daly
    American television host, radio personality and producer (1973 - )
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  • E. M. Cioran No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Phyllis Mcginley Of course we women gossip on occasion. But our appetite for it is not as avid as a man s. It is in the boys gyms, the college fraternity houses, the club locker rooms, the paneled offices of business that gossip reaches its luxuriant flower.
    Phyllis Mcginley
    American poet and author (1905 - 1978)
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  • George Eliot Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and mess together, feeding out of the common store according to their appetite.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Robin George Collingwood Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.
    Robin George Collingwood
    English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (1889 - 1943)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Reason should direct and appetite obey.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Tryon Edwards Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Beeban Kidron The devices that our kids use are shipped from the factory with every possible audio, visual or vibration alert switched on. Each new app, website, tweet and message adds another layer of intrusion - each intrusion is cynically designed to get a response, and each response creates an appetite for another intrusion.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Ursula K. Le Guin The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achievement is its cancellation. To be, the will to power must increase with each fulfillment, making the fulfillment only a step to a further one. The vaster the power gained the vaster the appetite for more.
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    American writer of science fiction and fantasy books (1929 - 2018)
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  • Aldous Huxley They failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • E. M. Cioran Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Seneca Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • William Shakespeare Good digestion waits an appetite, and health an both.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Thomas Fuller Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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