Quotes About Wants

Relative to perceived physical wants, the Stone Age economy is an economy of abundance.

You want, you want, you want; when you're so lucky to have, to have, to have.

The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then you've got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or you've got no money and you can trust anyone, but then you've got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse?

What else was Diogenes of Sinope seeking for than the true enjoyment of life, which he discovered in having the least possible wants?

proper city growth isn't what Older wants to talk about. All he cares about are his graft hobgoblins.

As cynic H. L. Mencken once pointed out, "The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.

I used to say I would pay good money to forget most of my life. Now I want the memories back.

All targets feed on your desires. Because without wanting anything, then you will have no target in mind.

I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die. I want nothing. I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. Therefore I am free. For during life it is our wants, our hopes, our fears that enslave us.

I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?

God has matured. He is not the impulsive, bowel-less being of the Testaments - the vehement glory-monger, with His bag of cheap carny tricks and his booming voice - the fiery huckster with his burning bushes and his wonder wands. Nowadays God knows what He wants and He knows who He wants.

The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore, as it increases our wants, increases our capacity for happiness

Man wants but little here below,Nor wants that little long.

Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.

He slept on the foot of my bed. When I suggested he might be more comfortable in his room, he regarded me steadily with ice-colored eyes. Where does a werewolf sleep? Anywhere he wants to.

Conor O'Malley who wants to be punished," Harry said, still stepping back, his eyes on Conor's. "Conor O'Malley who needs to be punished. And why is that, Conor O'Malley? What secrets do you hide that are so terrible?

In English you label groups of people by their moral intentions and collective needs. A mob tries to convince itself it's right and needs to prove it. A crowd knows it's right because if it weren't right, they would all need to be someplace else. A throng doesn't give a fuck about moral imperatives, it just wants and needs something to happen.

Customers do not want to "make friends"; they want to see results and substantive relationships provide those.

I fight with you because I have a heart problem. Rather than my heart being ruled by God and motivated by God's honor, my heart is ruled by my wants, my needs, and my feelings.

If eternity is the plan, then it makes no sense to shrink your living down to the needs and wants of this little moment.