Desire Quotes (1093 Quotes)




    We don't have any desire that she be put to death. That wasn't the real Dena Schlosser that did what she did that day. Putting her to death won't solve any of the issues of that day ... probably harm them their daughters more than anything else.


    Over the last two years, Iran's policy has been dominated by the desire to avoid referral to the Security Council, and Iran has been prepared to accept limits on its nuclear program in order to achieve that, ... It does appear that Iran feels it's in a much stronger position.


    We had close to 30 pieces to choose from and it was more a desire to make an album that made a cohesive whole, ... Most of the time when we put on records it's because we want that mood whatever it is. So, if you have an album that is widely varied in mood it might get played less than one that fits somebody's particular mood... at least that's how my choices usually work.



    Tonight, I stand here, overwhelmed, as my name is linked with the great and courageous Lou Gehrig, ... I'm truly humbled to have our names spoken in the same breath. Some may think our strongest connection is because we played many consecutive games. Yet I believe in my heart that our true link is a common motivation-a love of the game of baseball, a passion for our team and a desire to compete on the very highest level.




    Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes. To do so will require the efforts of us all-teachers, administrators, taxpayers and statesmen. Education is a social process, perhaps the most important process in determining the future of our country it should command a far larger portion of our national income than it does today.

    It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.


    It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray When without or within No voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. For the soul that is worth the treasures of the earth is the soul that resists desire.


    If those two ,being thus appointed deviate from the rule and act from carnal desire, they will both become outcasts, ,as men who defile the bed of a daughter in law or of a Guru.


    Kim Anderson is one of those rarest of art brands one that has stood the test of time and can rightfully be called a classic. The Kim Anderson images fulfill a desire of all adultsto again experience the pure joy of life by seeing it through the eyes of a child. We are indeed very pleased to have the chance to build on the success of this great brand.







    Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.

    It's long been a desire of ours to work with John Travolta and to have the opportunity to produce his return to movie musicals after three decades. It's a dream come true. This is our dream cast for the film, and bringing Travolta back into a musical after 30 years is so gratifying.


    The United States view of the Middle East is that the desire for progress and peace runs wide and deep. The president continues to pray for the recovery of Prime Minister Sharon.

    It grew out of a desire of the business schools, principally Harvard and Stanford, to get real-time work experience for people prior to the time they got to graduate school.

    I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.

    These stories celebrate what's at the heart of so many Latino success stories -- a desire to achieve and make a difference, ... Visitors to this Smithsonian exhibit will have the opportunity to learn about Latinos who have made varying but very important contributions to the American fabric.

    Our ministry's mission is to revitalize the Desire neighborhood. It was once ranked the worst neighborhood in the country. We may have an opportunity to rebuild it in the way everyone would want it to be.



    Corey Simon would neither confirm nor deny a report that his agent, Roosevelt Barnes , had asked the Eagles to remove the franchise tag the team placed on the defensive tackle a few days after its Super Bowl loss to New England. Simon, has often said he wants to continue his career in Philadelphia. Now, he's not so sure. It is my desire to play in Philadelphia, but I don't think there has been any interest on the Eagles' part to sign me to a long-term contract, ... I don't know if they have any desire to have me around.

    Advertisers are the interpreters of our dreams -- Joseph interpreting for Pharaoh. Like the movies, they infect the routine futility of our days with purposeful adventure. Their weapons are our weaknesses fear, ambition, illness, pride, selfishness, desire, ignorance. And these weapons must be kept as bright as a sword. (E(lwyn)

    SALACITY, n. A certain literary quality frequently observed in popular novels, especially in those written by women and young girls, who give it another name and think that in introducing it they are occupying a neglected field of letters and reaping an overlooked harvest. If they have the misfortune to live long enough they are tormented with a desire to burn their sheaves.


    Children should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money not caution but courage and a contempt for danger not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know.


    Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.



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