#wants

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#argument #been #greater #his #persuade

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can. ↗

— Eugene Delacroix

#genius #only #talent #wants #whatever

Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed. ↗

— Anita Desai

#day #effort #every #every day #honed

If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself humane if he wants to live at the cost of others. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#consider #cost #himself #how #humane

It is, therefore, a fact that anybody who wants to realise Truth or who wants to be humane, must follow non-violent ways of life, otherwise he will not be able to reach the Truth. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#anybody #fact #follow #humane #life

The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#control #determined #even #everyone #five

Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades. ↗

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#come #everglades #i #me #necessity

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#back #fbi #judge #nixon #out

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be. ↗

— Dale Earnhardt

#five #racing #strategy #top #wants

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#cambridge #inmates #like #love #mere