I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. (Quote by - Thomas Hobbes)

The desire to know is natural to good men. (Quote by - Leonardo da Vinci)

We believe easily what we fear of what we desire (Quote by - Jean De La Fontaine)

I don't have a burning desire to become a dancer but the idea of doing something I've never done before in front of a huge live audience is such an adrenalin rush. And it'll give the friends and family something to have a giggle about (Quote by - Matt Dawson)

One must desire something to be alive. (Quote by - Margaret Deland)

Had doting Priam checked his son's desire, Troy had been bright with fame, and not with fire. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Do you want to be with your love by the sea hearing the gullsong smelling the salt air feeling the sand beneath your toes and the seaweed the sea's legacy? watching the rise oer the bay of the moon and then ascent of the Sun.. oer neptune? (Quote by - Saiom Shriver)

Desire is the very essence of man. (Quote by - Benedict de Spinoza)

As our society progresses and genuine experience becomes a riskier and riskier enterprise, so the desire for it will increase. (Quote by - Kathryn Bigelow)

Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence. (Quote by - Louis-Ferdinand Celine)

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. (Quote by - Ayn Rand)

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment. (Quote by - Robert Collier)

I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me. (Quote by - Marlene Dietrich)

Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge (Quote by - Iris Murdoch)

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations. (Quote by - Persius)

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen. (Quote by - Marcia Wieder)

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivety. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover. (Quote by - Henri Matisse)

How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire! (Quote by - Belva Plain)

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Desire and hope will push us on toward the future. (Quote by - Michel de Montaigne)

I don't have a driving desire to be all encompassing and world powerful or anything. (Quote by - Santiago Durango)

All men by nature desire knowledge. (Quote by - Aristotle)

The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be. (Quote by - Ayn Rand)

Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest. (Quote by - Francis Quarles)

Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross] (Quote by - Johnny Mathis)