A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
Petrarch
The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.
John Ruskin
Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.
Bertrand Russell
I've always been comfortable with my sexual desires and what I like.
Izabella Scorupco
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
Socrates
Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.
Robert South
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
Jonathan Swift
I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
Natsuki Takaya
To me that's what art is about - when you don't really have any control over your desires to do it.
Noah Taylor