Quotes with desire

Quotes 181 till 200 of 350.

  • Robert Frost Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Aristophanes Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
    Aristophanes
    Ancient Greek comic playwright (446 - 386)
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  • Bertrand Russell Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Gaston Bachelard Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
    Gaston Bachelard
    French scientist and philosopher (1884 - 1962)
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  • Albert Camus Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Edgar W. Howe Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Julius Caesar Men freely believe that which they desire.
    Julius Caesar
    Roman emperor (101 - 44)
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  • Paul De Man Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.
    Paul De Man
    In België geboren American literair criticus (1919 - 1983)
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  • Oliver Cromwell Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
    Oliver Cromwell
    Parliamentarian General, Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658)
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  • Agnes Smedley Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
    Agnes Smedley
    American journalist and writer (1892 - 1950)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Barry Sanders My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • Bryan Batt My mantra is, 'Don't be afraid of color.' What did it do to you? Do a color testing in alternate kinds of light you desire in the room because the pigment will change. And I refuse to believe that pale pale or white colors in a small room will buy you more square footage. Go with color all the way.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • George Eliot No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Epictetus No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • A. W. Tozer No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.
    A. W. Tozer
    American Christian pastor, preacher and author
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Not necessity, not desire -no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Epictetus Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Philip Roth Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!
    American Pastoral (1997)
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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