#sir

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past. ↗

— George Eliot

#desire #future #i #past #ties

I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#fault #find #i #improving #keep

The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#also #better #certain #condition #conditions

Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#fantasy #imagination #mirrors

I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God's creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#asylum #cared #convinced #creatures #desire

Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. ↗

— Sissela Bok

#deceived #desire #liars #share #those

And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. ↗

— Anne Boleyn

#heartily #i #leave #me #pray

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. ↗

— Epictetus

#any #bear #blossom #bunch #created

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked. ↗

— Epictetus

#believing #desire #good #wicked #you

The election in Iraq clearly demonstrates that Iraqi people are like people everywhere. They desire to create a future in an environment that is safe and allows them to reach their full potential as human beings, whatever that potential may be. ↗

— John Ensign

#beings #clearly #create #demonstrates #desire