I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular ‘ism’, but a gathering together of writers with an aesthetic approach to literature and with a lust for excellence. – John Metcalf
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master. – Khalil Gibran
Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor – not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways. – The Bible Saint Paul, 1 Thessalonians 4:4-5
I just don’t think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don’t lust after any particular roles. – Ron Howard
The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust. – Paul Bloom
Innovations, instantly followed by a demented lust for them, now arrive with dizzying speed, not just daily, but in one-hour delivery slots. – Peter Baynham
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity. – Saadi
Vampires and teens have a lot in common. Teens have surging hormones, vampires have surging blood lust. Teenagers think they’re immortal. – P. C. Cast
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment. – Thomas Otway
Music – not just the lyrics, but the music itself – expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies and creating an outlet for them. – Sarah Churchwell
My theory is that the way you cope with the depths will ascertain the heights that you reach – they are intimately connected – and if you have a lust for life, you are also going to have a lust for death. – Sebastian Horsley
He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart. – William Kingdon Clifford
There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor’s shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die. – William Harvey
