Quotes About Desire

No man loveth his fetters, be they made of gold.

There are some women that don't do it for some men. That's why they turn out so many models.

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

There are one or two young men I wouldn't mind taking home.

His coworker was velvety-skinned, a sexy boy-on-the-cusp-of man.

The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost.

I am not a wealthy woman. I wish to hell I was, but I never had a wealthy man.

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.

Every man--I know this--turns weak, pliant, ridiculous as soon as he's in love.

The seed of every sin known to man is in my heart.

My ultimate fantasy is to entice a man to my bedroom, put a gun to his head and say, 'Make babies or die'.

Greed makes man blind and foolish, and makes him an easy prey for death.

The heart of man is restless until he finds rest in Thee.

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.

A man's heterosexuality will not put up with any homosexuality, and vice versa.

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.

Man cannot be satisfied by wealth. Man cannot go beyond his nature, no more than you can jump out of your body.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will...in a dull man.

Logic only gives man what he needs... Magic gives him what he wants.

Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?