Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
Barnes Clive 1927-
Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.
Fowles John Rober 1926-
The Aristos
Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.
Hope Anthony 1863-1933
The Dolly Dialogues
Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.
Johnson Samuel 1709-1784
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
Jonson Ben c.1573-1637
Volpone
You have a gift, sir, (thank your education),
Will never let you want, while there are men,
And malice, to breed causes.
Marquis Don 1878-1937
Ours is a world where people don't know what they
want and are willing to go through hell to get it.
Milne A.A. 1882-1956
The House at Pooh Corner
„I don't want him,"said Rabbit. „But it's always useful to know where
a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.
Moliére 1622-1673
You never see the old austerity
That was the essence of civility;
Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now
Just want.
Norden Dennis
(dictum on television scripts)
We don't want it good - we want it Tuesday.
Roosevelt Franklin D. 1882-1945
We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression - everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way - everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want ... everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear ... anywhere in the world.
Schopenhauer Arthur 1788-1860
A man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
Temple William 1881-1944
Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.
Tennyson Alfred Lord 1809-1892
‘Will Waterproof's Lyrical Monologue'
Or that eternal want of pence,
Which vexes public men.
Terence c. 190-159 BC
I know the nature of women;
When you want to, they don't want to;
And when you don't want to, they desire exceedingly.
Vanbrugh Sir John 1664-1726
The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.