Quotes About Desire

We had a consuming desire, from the beginning, to see a pony rider, but somehow or other all that passed

Both Caligula and Abraham Lincoln sought power, yet it is highly implausible to suppose that Caligula and Lincoln were driven by the same motives.

As long as a Nice Guy is willing to settle for bad sex, he limits his opportunities to experience good sex. I regularly tell Nice Guys, "You have to be willing to let go of what you've got to get what you want." Good sex can occur only when a recovering

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

The human race divides itself politically into those who want to be controlled, and those who have no such desire

Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

I conned the musty stock. At the back of the shop . . . . glimmered the façade of an enormous dolls' house. I wanted it at once.

One thing do I ask of the Lord, it is this that I seek-- that I dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life -Psalm 27:4

I never knew what I wanted, except that it was something I hadn't seen before.

Wishing is a goal without energy behind it.

Fear is a destructive emotion that can deal a fatal blow to any attempt on your part to build total self-confidence. If you allow your fears to run your life, it will be impossible to create the life you truly desire.

We fear the thing we want the most.

people seem to be more motivated by the thought of losing something than by the thought of gaining something of equal value.

The feeling of being in competition for scarce resources has powerfully motivating properties.

revolutionaries are more likely to be those who have been given at least some taste of a better life.

According to the theory, whenever free choice is limited or threatened, the need to retain our freedoms makes us desire them (as well as the goods and services associated with them) significantly more than previously.

The joy is not in experiencing a scarce commodity but in possessing it.

Mas quando os benefícios são mais notáveis, a duração do desejo de retribuir é prolongada.

If the answer is that we want it primarily for the purpose of owning it, then we should use its availability to help gauge how much we want to spend for it. However, if the answer is that we want it primarily for its function (that is, we want something good to drive, drink, eat, etc.), then we must remember that the item under consideration will function equally well whether scarce or plentiful. Quite simply, we need to recall that the scarce cookies didn't taste any better.

just envisioned themselves moving toward (rather than away from) a container of snack food came to like it better and were willing to pay over four times more to obtain it.16

a)What causes it to be desirable. b)What causes it to be possible. c)What causes this to be the appropriate path. d)What makes me/us capable. e)What makes me/us deserving.

You've got to want to change, know how to change, and give yourself the chance to change.1

It turns out that what money buys has rapidly diminishing emotional returns ... As long as we're not destitute, happiness depends less on getting what we want than appreciating what we already have.