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Quotes About Desire

Wishing of all employments is the worst.
~ Edward Young
Being able to afford everything you desire is not, by any means, the worst thing that can happen to you. But, depressingly, and more profoundly, neither is it the best.
~ A. A. Gill
Greed is the worst thing.
~ Bruce Grobbelaar
Everything is telling me that I should not do this, and yet I still do it. That is nightlife for a lot of gay people and the worst thing nightlife can be, which is compulsory.
~ Bowen Yang
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
~ Marcus Aurelius
I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing the role just to say that line.
~ Gary Oldman
And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it.
~ Neil Gaiman
Consider the social proof of a line of people standing behind a velvet rope, waiting to get into a club. The line makes most people walking by want to find out what's worth the wait. The digital equivalent of the velvet rope helped build viral growth for initially invite-only launches like Gmail, Gilt Groupe, Spotify, and Turntable.fm.
~ Aileen Lee
Women take so long to get ready, but when they get out of the bathroom, they look smokin' hot. That's the struggle of men throughout history, waiting by the door. The wait is so worth it. Always.
~ Andy Grammer
If you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, every single one of us is given a short moment in time on this planet, and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is to be loved and to love. And to deny that for your own political expediency, I don't want to live in that column. It ain't worth it.
~ Gavin Newsom
I often buy things, feel a little guilty, but then think that it's so worth it.
~ Ananya Birla
I want big money fights because first and foremost I think I'm worth it.
~ Rory MacDonald
Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.
~ Nicky Oppenheimer
There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if freedom doesn't mean the right to complete self-determination, unfettered by interests other than one's own, then that freedom is less than worthless - it's oppression.
~ Amir Butler
The deepest instinct is to want to do something enduring, something worthwhile, and to be engaged by that, whether one achieves it or not.
~ James Salter
I'd take Tom Hollander over Brad Pitt any day.
~ Claudia Winkleman
I've always wanted to be in a play by Tom Stoppard.
~ Rosemary Harris
I remember 'Rain Man' with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman with all the Lamborghinis being lifted off the tanker. I was obsessed with this car. Absolutely obsessed with this car. It was my dream, and to finally drive one and own one was incredible.
~ Ricky Whittle
After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
~ Macaulay Culkin
I would fly to Los Angeles just for a cheeseburger with pickles and extra tomatoes from In-N-Out.
~ Zoe Kravitz
I don't want a tombstone. You could carve on it 'She never actually wanted a tombstone.'
~ Ali Smith
When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.
~ Elizabeth Taylor
I want to be a young mum and if I didn't have to work I'd have them tomorrow. I'd like three!
~ Jennifer Ellison
I love L.A. I'd move there tomorrow if I could.
~ Rebecca Ferguson