Quotes About Desire

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.

Give me hunger, pain and want, Shut me out with shame and failure From your doors of gold and fame, Give me your shabbiest, weariest hunger! But leave me a little love.

The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.

-Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.

When you love food as much as I do, staying healthy is not easy. I mean, moderation, not deprivation. That's my new way of living. I always want more and that's just my life.

People define their life by what they want versus what they have. People get fixated on something and they have to have it, even though that voice inside tells them it's not meant for them.

I'm not going to feel guilty for wanting the things that everyone wants.

I used to want to gamble, too, until I was 20 and could actually go to a casino. Then I wasn't so crazy about the attitude.

You have to tease enough misinformation and lack of information to hopefully make people want more.

Not everyone wants you all the time, Jace," he said. "Don't be ridiculous.

Anything?" She laughed. "Like what kind of anything did you want?" "Well, when I was five, I wanted to take a bath in spaghetti." -Clary & Jace, pg.310-

Magnus wants to shout at me, don't you, Magnus?" (Jace) "Yes," Magnus said, tearing his eyes away from Alec long enough to scowl. -pg.275-

I want what you want. Whenever you want it.

You can tell me to stop any time you want, but you won't.

So I lied to you last night. I said that I just wanted one night with you. But I want every night with you.

Isabelle: Do you want some soup? Jace: No Isabelle: Do you think Hodge will want some soup? Jace: No one wants soup Simon: I want some soup! Jace: No, you don't. You just want to sleep with Isabelle

I love reading epic fantasies and big fat books and so I really wanted to write one. I think you always write what you want to read.

Probably right at the end of JAG, I would love to have a child or two. I ultimately want to have two kids.

These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.

When you love somebody, it's like in a couple - you want to create something. Sometimes, it's a baby.

A girl in want of a Leopard still has feet.

I can only assume that there's only one thing more frustrating than not being able to find someone, and that's not being found. I would want someone to find me, more than anything.

Nobody can pretend to know what people want to read or hear or see. People rarely know it themselves; they only know it after the fact.

When you're a little kid, you want the ball. You don't want to play defense. When you get the ball, basically you can do whatever you want.