#sire

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#gain #much #never #too #too much

I have no desire to be president of the United States. Zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable. And there are far too many people that are far smarter than me to be president. I'd like to find one with some honor and integrity. I haven't seen them yet, but they'll show up. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#far #find #haven #honor #i

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am. ↗

— George Benson

#career #cats #change #desire #entertain

There is such a desire to give everybody a piece, we're probably wasting a great deal of homeland security money trying to be politically correct, when we really need to make sure that our cities get the money they need. ↗

— Shelley Berkley

#correct #deal #desire #everybody #get

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#dead #desire #friends #living #made

You shouldn't blame others for the conditions you endure; we each have the freedom to follow which path we desire in life. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#conditions #desire #endure #follow #freedom

We who are like senseless children shrink from suffering, but love its causes. We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted! Why should others be the object of our anger? ↗

— Śāntideva

#buddhism #desire #suffering #anger

Whenever I see a gorgeous woman, I think, Who is that tall drink of water, and how come I’m suddenly thirsty?
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— Jarod Kintz

#horny #lust #need #sexy #tall

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey. ↗

— Russell Banks

#clever #desire #essentially #i #imitate

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#cannot #declarations #desired #doubt #into