Walter Burns: [On the phone with Duffy; Walter and Hildy are getting remarried and going to Niagara Falls on their honeymoon] What? A strike? What strike? Where? Albany? Well, I know it's on the way, Duffy, but I can't ask Hildy to... Hildy Johnson: ...
Desire to seek, desire to learn.
Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.
Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the great, Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful ...
Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Cluny's savage eye. "I will never bend my knee on my own behalf. However, if I thought I could save the life of one of my friends I would gladly...
Walter Burns: Bruce, I, uh... let me get this straight. I must have misunderstood you. You mean you're taking the sleeper today and then getting married tomorrow? Bruce Baldwin: Oh, well, it's not like that. Walter Burns: Well, what's it like? Hildy ...
The greatest tranquility is when we desire nothing.
Who chooses will always have desires.
He who uses bad incense must be careful not to burn his sleeves.
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
If you see your neighbor's beard burning then wet your own.
It is vitally important to discern your true heart's desire. Your heart's desire is different from fleeting wants or insatiable cravings. Your heart's desire is positive, life-enhancing, and beneficial to you and others.
There's a chasm between envy and desire. Envy is like wanting something that's not yours. But desire is different. Desire comes out of wanting what is yours, and still wanting it even if it's not yet there, but it's not envy.
...Desire, a function central to all human experience, is the desire for nothing nameable. And at the same time this desire lies at the origin of every variety of animation. If being were only what it is, there wouldn’t even be room to talk about i...
Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand, desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer.Lack of desire is poverty.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
I’m torn between the desire to create and the desire to destroy.
To manifest your hearts desires you must be what your heart desires.
The desire to learn is valuable, but the desire for an education is priceless.
A woman only needs one pair of shoes for an outfit. But God, you've got to get it just right.
They'll want to kill the crazies first. Big fish eat little fish -- always have, always will.
