People came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desire for any amount of money to be reformed for... →
Patti Smith
When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward... →
More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's taken me other places... →
In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s.
Phyllis Smith
I have found that what drives me is the desire to prove, to myself and to my peers, that I can do what I set out to do and build something that... →
Daniel Snyder
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates
Always desire to learn something useful.
Sophocles
From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.
John Philip Sousa
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
Herbert Spencer
Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
Baruch Spinoza