I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president.
Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together.
You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.
There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults.
I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.
Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.
If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.
Terror works like a musical composition, so many instruments, all in tune, playing perfectly together to create their desired effect. Sorrow and horror and fear.
When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.
Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.
I realized relatively early on that I had no desire to be a mother whatsoever. I actually love children, but specifically other people's.
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.
