Desires Quotes

“People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.”

“See what it is you would like to attract into your life. See how you would like your business to go, your relationships to go, and even your body to go in terms of overcoming addictions and dealing with weight and health issues.”

“The man that found the 726-carat diamond in Africa, received $350,000 for it and wants to buy a farm and silk hat. Well, I can understand a man perhaps being eccentric enough to want to own a silk hat.”

“Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.”

“Life is the dance between what you desire most, and what you fear most”

“Whatever you really want, wants don't get met consistently, standards do.”

“It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.”

“It's not about getting what you want. It's about experiencing what you really need by becoming more.”

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house unless they have a well-stocked bar.”

“The first rule of economics is that there is an infinite number of desires chasing a finite number of goods, services and resources. The first rule of politics is to ignore the first rule of economics.”

“May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.”

“One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom”

“Marriage and sex and money the only living devils.”

“Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.”

“The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful.”

“Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?”

“Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a three-dollar pantyhose that won't run.”

“Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend...or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.”

“I thought of nothing else but rock 'n' roll; apart from sex and food and money--but that's all the same thing, really.”

“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.”

“Like Paul Kraston said, all I ask in life is a water bed, a TV and a typewriter. Well, I'll just have an ordinary bed, a TV and a guitar.”

“You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.' 'As moderate as those of the rest of the world, I believe. I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy, but like every body else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so.”

“What women want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just to be held. What men want: Tickets to the World Series.”

“Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.”

“The dream arises from a part of the mind unknown to us, but none the less important, and is concerned with the desires for the approaching day.”