#desire

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. ↗

— John Milton

#fears #himself #king #more #passions

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#knowledge #more #natural #than

When you feel sexy or sensuous, you naturally want to open up and give, and I think that comes from being able to receive love and desire. ↗

— Demi Moore

#being #comes #desire #feel #give

I don't have any huge desire to show you all that I'm not tough and strong, that I'm all feminine and soft. That's not a huge longing that I have because I know who I am. ↗

— Carrie-Anne Moss

#any #because #desire #feminine #huge

We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#creative #desire #each #method #part

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#also #benign #choice #condescending #countries

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

— John Osborne

#dull #held #indeed #man #much

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#barbarous #consider #considered #declare #desire

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet. ↗

— Sean Parker

#control #desire #had #i #myself

Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#change #democratic #desire #does #economies