#wants

All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#desirable #directly #human #indirectly #reckoned

I can understand where the oil company wants to deduct the cost of drilling a well. That's one of the tax breaks for oil companies - the subsidies - they get to deduct the cost of the well the year you drill. ↗

— Dan Benishek

#companies #company #cost #deduct #drill

When I was a kid at first I wanted to own a candy shop. I guess every kid wants to - we just want to have access - free access. ↗

— Franka Potente

#candy #every #first #free #free access

I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#cop #every #fbi #i #i think

The only way marriage can work is if a man respects the woman and she is a thinking woman and he wants to work on the marriage. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#marriage #only #respects #she #thinking

Mike gets to play four roles this time, if we ever did it again, he will play my role as well. He is a comic genius, everyone wants to be in this movie, let's hope that everyone will wish to see it as well. ↗

— Michael York

#comic #did #ever #everyone #four

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice. ↗

— David Petraeus

#best #clearly #down #expressed #i

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#astonishing #continue #epic #hears #his

When she scooped up her clothes, opened his door, then snapped her fingers for a guard down the hall, Wroth watched like a bystander. “Pssst. Minion. I need these laundered. Very little starch. Don’t just stand there gawking or you’ll anger my good frenemy General Wroth. We’re like this.” He couldn’t see her but knew she was twining two fingers together. ↗

— Kresley Cole

#immortals-after-dark #kresley-cole #lore #myst #nikolai-wroth

Everybody these days wants to be a star, including myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm a chef but you want to market yourself and your projects. ↗

— Geoffrey Zakarian

#days #everybody #get #i #including