#desirable

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

#either #else #form #government #now

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#any #begin #believe #bustle #calm

If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#always #anyone #anything #butcher #common

I had always realized it was desirable to gear down the jet. ↗

— Frank Whittle

#desirable #down #gear #had #i

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#desirable #make #music #people

The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived; and I long daily to die more and more to it; even though I obtain not that comfort from spiritual things which I earnestly desire. ↗

— David Brainerd

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Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable. ↗

— Donna Karan

#challenge #comfort #constant #design #desirable

Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects. ↗

— Leon Kass

#effects #many #often #people #recognize

I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#good #i #math #never #realized

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child. ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

#deserved #desirable #earned #hug #like