#desire

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite. ↗

— James Broughton

#create #desire #destroy #even #fearing

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #desire #every #every man #external

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived? ↗

— Joseph Butler

#consequences #deceived #desire #should #them

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#desire #help #show #themselves #those

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#decently #desire #die #live #manfully

The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt. ↗

— William Vickrey

#accumulate #assets #debt #desire #government

Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire. ↗

— Bobby Unser

#born #career #desire #education #every

A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#being #between #boy #conflict #desire

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#man #other #rarely #than #woman

For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to desire, and desire is always cruel ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#love #sandman #love