“Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to thee.”
Zoroaster
“In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step, decade by decade, I was forced to acknowledge that even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.”
Camille Paglia
“None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation”
Charles Caleb Colton
“Be thrifty, but not covetous.”
George Herbert
“Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.”
Bible
“The opportunity to lock up that No. 1 seed is coveted by so many teams in the conference. For us to do that this year under some of the circumstances and some of the obstacles we've dealt with is pretty amazing stuff.”
Wendy Larry
“It's not a job I coveted, it landed in my lap, it was appropriate for the team that I took it on.”
Scott Johnson
