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Quotes About Desire

If we do not catch men, we are in great danger of losing even the desire to catch them. Our purposed activity is in peril of becoming a dream.
~ John Henry Jowett
Men are a luxury, not a necessity.
~ Cher
The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.
~ Bhartrhari
Wouldnt it be nice to be like men and get notches in your belt... and not get emotionally involved?
~ Marilyn Monroe
I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me.
~ Hedy Lamarr
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.
~ Paul Wesley
Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.
~ Posidonius
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
~ Sallust
Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.
~ Saint Basil
Men aren't attracted to me by my mind. They're attracted by what I don't mind.
~ Gypsy Rose Lee
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
~ Christian Bale
I long for scenes where man has never trod;... There to abide with my Creator, God.
~ John Clare
Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual.
~ Francis Bacon
Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.
~ Sam Cooke
The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.
~ Louis Simpson
The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.
~ William Beveridge
A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food.
~ Pearl S. Buck
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
She was petite, small in that way that made a man want to slay dragons.
~ Julia Quinn
I ain't no drinking man, but temptation got the best of me.
~ Jimmy Buffett
Oh, what a wicked world it is that drives a man to sin.
~ Mario Puzo
She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
You don't have a man, you need spaghetti.
~ Oprah Winfrey
How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.
~ Socrates