Quotes About Passion

They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give me rest!" That is a pack of goddam lies.

I would rather hurt a man...than love a woman.

Man's need for art is absolutely primordial, as strong as, and perhaps stronger than, our need for bread. Without bread, we die of hunger, but without art we die of boredom.

A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.

I love football. Love it. Love it. I think it's the last bastion of hope for toughness in America in men, in males.

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.

Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, "If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.

A woman should live with two men; one more a lover and the other more a friend.

Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something.

The secret of the Christian's passion is simple: Everything we do in life we do it as to the Lord and not to men.

The Arts are man's most useless ... and essential ... activity.

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

I love men. I've always been drawn to poets, artists, and madmen. Sometimes all three in one

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

...a man does not die for business, but for ideals.

I'm an out and out basic man and AC/DC are one of the best rock'n'roll bands in the world, doing things just to the basics, you know.

The man who loves his job never works a day in his life.

I don't ship anyone. I really don't. I'm not a shipper, but I'm all for men duking it out for a chick.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

If you like I'll be furious flesh elemental, or- changing to tones that the sunset arouses- if you like- I'll be extraordinary gentle, not a man but - a cloud in trousers.

I train very hard, until I am sick. Sometimes I train like a foolish man who has no mind.

Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.