“I don't have a burning desire to act strangely enough. I don't know that if I hadn't been an actor as a young person, I don't know that I ever would have chosen this because it's not really my personality.” IfsKnowsPersonsEnoughYoungDesireActorsPersonalityChosenBurningBurning Desire Author:Jodie Foster
“We all know about love, faith, sadness, despair, hope, hopelessness, longing, desire... those are things we all have inside of us, and that's what my songs are about... what it means to be a human being.” KnowsHumansMeanDesireSongHuman BeingsSadnessDespairLongingHopelessnessFaith In Love Author:Ron Pope
“I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I've signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money.” KnowsGivingCountryDesireStrongPercentBillsIncomeGatesGiving BackPledgeBuffettWarren Buffet Author:David Rubenstein
“Anyone who has a dog knows that they have some very deep thoughts, that they have moods and emotions, they get their feelings hurt. It's not a far reach to give them opinions and values and long-term desires.” KnowsGivingLongFeelingsDesireValuesTermHurtEmotionOpinionDogMoodLong TermDeep ThoughtHurt FeelingsVery Deep Author:Garth Stein
“I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.” ThinkingKnowsWayDesireEmotionFictionNiceInformationOur TimeRemindingNeurologyPolarization Author:George Saunders
“What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found in The Other.” KnowsDesireFoundPowerfulOneselfStranger Book:The Brain-Dead Megaphone Source: The Brain-Dead Megaphone
“Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back.” KnowsNeedsMightDesireNationsObjectsPoliticianNewsBurningPresidentialTopicsAnalystsSlipperyBipartisanship Author:Thomas Frank
“Why does the longing for love have to be so acute, like a desperate thirst? Is it because love is wanting to be saved and we can never really be saved? Maybe love is really born of our fears. Love is the heart’s desire for a painkiller; a tearful plea for a great big epidural. Yes that’s it: love is the only anesthesia that really works. And so people with broken hearts are really those who are just coming to, and if you’ve ever seen someone come out of general anesthesia, you know that it looks a lot like the beginnings of a broken heart.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksHeartDoeBigsDesireBornLove IsBrokenLongingSavedDesperateThirstFear Of LoveAnesthesiaPainkillersMaybe LoveEpidurals Author:Jonathan Hull
“God's Word brought me peace and a desire for a relationship with Him. I found that questioning Him and searching for answers through Scripture helped me grow and gave me direction. Now my faith in Christ is what gives me confidence for the future. I know that through both good times and bad, He is faithful and will watch over me.” KnowsGivingDesireFoundGrowsChristAnswersWatchesGive MeScriptureFaithfulGood TimesQuestioning Author:Clint Dempsey
“When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if we do not have this passion, that all creatures do him homage, is it not a sign that his glory means little to us?” IfsKnowsShouldMeanLittlesDesirePassionFatherKnownCreaturesGloryOur FatherKnowing GodHomage Author:John Calvin
“You are loved. You are dear to your heavenly parents. The infinite and eternal Creator of light and life knows you! He is mindful of you. Yes, God loves you this very day and alwaysHe knows everything about you. He sees you clearly—He knows you as you really are. And He loves you—today and always!He loves you not only for who you are this very day but also for the person of glory and light you have the potential and the desire to become” KnowsPersonsLightTodayDesireParentLove YouEternalGloryInfiniteWho You AreDearCreatorGod LoveHeavenlyGod Loves You Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“I think it takes a lot of desire because I think a lot of people who've never written books don't know quite how hard it is to stick with, to put in the amount of time and just make the commitment to just sit there every day and do it while everybody else is out having fun.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBookHardDesireFunWrittenAmountCommitmentSticksHaving Fun Author:Ted Bell