#sir

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#courage #damn #damn fool #desire #fool

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#back #because #character #desire #exposure

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. ↗

— Michael Korda

#degree #desire #directly #directly proportional #face

I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#desires #does #domestic #his #honest

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#desire #i #most #offered #play

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire! ↗

— Karl Kraus

#fine #fulfilling #heart #his #man

I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother. ↗

— Tanya Tucker

#better mother #better person #desire #i #make

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#desire #essential #freedom #freedom from #problem

James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

#desire #grew #guys #had #i

One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s! ↗

— Lea Thompson

#brief period #desire #extreme #get #lasted