Quotes About Desire

for it is well known that if there is anything that makes men thirstier than the acquisition of knowledge it is the full or partial prohibition of drinking.

Human greed knows no limits. – Nivellen

Lytta Neyd byla žena, s níž by jenom absolutní pomatenec chtÄ›l navázat vztah na delÅ¡í dobu než na jednu dvÄ› noci. Je zajímavé, že právÄ› takovéto ženy neovladatelnÄ› pÃ…â"¢itahovaly zástupy muž? usilujících o mnohem delÅ¡í vztahy.

taste of forbidden fruit, made all the more exciting

Che importa se viviamo più di loro? Al nostro inverno non seguirà una primavera, non rinasceremo. Ma sia tu sia io siamo attratti da questi fuochi, sebbene la nostra presenza a questa festa sia una beffa malevola ed empia.

Why have you gone so red, crimson as a poppy? You wanted to know, didn't you? So you've got the honest truth and faithful history of a world where he who shatters the skulls of others most efficiently and swells women's bellies fastest reigns. And it's just as hard to compete with you people in murdering as it is in screwing—

A real man, the sorceress knew from experience, is an enthusiastic angler, but only using a fly. He collects military figures, erotic prints and models of sailing ships he builds himself, including the kind in bottles, and there is never a shortage of empty bottles of expensive alcoholic drinks in his home. He is an excellent cook, able to conjure up veritable culinary masterpieces. And well—when all's said and done—the very sight of him is enough to make one desirous.

Ludzie nie pragn? ?eczy wymy?lonych, poci?ga ich tylko to, co zobaczyli wcze?niej.

Kocha si? to, czym si? nigdy nie b?dzie.

T?skni si? do rzeczy g?upich. Nawet wtedy gdy jest si? m?drym, wtedy chyba najbardziej…

Rewolucja to nie by? ?aden Marks naprawiaj?cy ?wiat, tylko skundlony Tamerlan w pogoni za drobiem i czasomierzami.

When you focus on the things you need," he went on to explain, "you'll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don't have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don't have — and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose … But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

I think all people want freedom, but they've got this idea inserted into their head about money.

If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?

Every idol makes two simple and extravagant promises. "You shall not surely die." "You shall be like God.

Girls are always running through my mind. They don't dare walk.

I wanted to possess all the books I had already read, as well as all those I had not - every book in the whole wide world, in other words.

It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

The roots of envy always run deeper and wider than the relationship in which it surfaces. In

If you feed an appetite, it grows. Satisfying an appetite does not diminish it. It expands it. To diminish an appetite, you have to starve it.

People with greed lodged in their heart fear that God either can't or won't take care of them. More to the point, they're afraid that God won't take care of them in the fashion or style in which they want to be cared for. And the gap between what they suspect God might be willing to do and what they want becomes a major source of anxiety. So greedy people shoulder the burden to acquire and maintain everything they need to provide the sense of security they desire.

Before I draw people's attention to a solution, I want to make sure they are emotionally engaged with the problem. If the text answers a question, I dare not go there until everyone in the audience really wants to know the answer.

Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.