#sir

Oh, Mr Coward, sir - I could never have an affair with you, because you remind me of my father! ↗

— Kenneth More

#because #could #coward #father #i

Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call any control agreeable? Think about it! ↗

— Johann Most

#agreeable #anarchism #any #bondage #call

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#citizen #desire #device #individuals #induce

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#become #desires #dreams #first #had

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know. ↗

— Mark Oliphant

#always #becomes #desire #fascinating #going

I inherited a pound from my British uncle. I’d have rather gotten a dollar, because what do I want with an animal shelter?
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— Jarod Kintz

#animal-shelter #british #death #desire #die

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in. ↗

— Theodore Parker

#duty #eternity #laugh #others #rejoice

The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so. ↗

— Coventry Patmore

#fulfilling #god #incredible #more #prompt

Humanity could only have survived and flourished if it held social and personal values that transcended the urges of the individual, embodying selfish desires - and these stem from the sense of a transcendent good. ↗

— Arthur Peacocke

#desires #flourished #good #held #humanity

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be. ↗

— Charles Pierce

#desire #even #find #intelligent #may