#sir

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

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#desire #get #heart #life #other

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#desire #expression #horizontal #perpendicular

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#desiring #vice #virtue

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#clear #desire #except #livelihood #man

I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star. ↗

— Ally Sheedy

#ambition #desire #i #star #work

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#eat #keep #mules #sir #supplied

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be. ↗

— Hu Shih

#chinese #christian #desire #even #hindus

Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#attempt #been #change #decision-making #desire

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#desire #figure #help #his #ideals