(210 quotes found)
“The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment”
Malcolm Muggeridge
“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
Kahlil Gibran
“Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession. And still we hear, If only this nation had a soul, or, Let us change the way we trade, or, Let us be proud of our region.”
Leonard Cohen
“I understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of ice on a hot day, but he wishes he were writing in stone.”
Arthur Miller
“We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.”
Charles Lamb
“'Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
Bertrand Russel
“I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.”
Richard Wagner
“Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.”
William Shakespeare
“I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry, the”
Sonia Johnson
“In order to educate man to a new longing, everyday familiar objects must be shown to him with totally unexpected perspectives and in unexpected situations. New objects should be depicted from different sides in order to provide a complete impression of the object.”
Alexander Rodchenko
