"A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source."

-- Phyllis Bottome

#Desire Quotes #Source Quotes #Fulfilled Quotes

“I want to bring back the pride and tradition long associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and more importantly, with the people of Pittsburgh.”
“These days, the selfie and its main outlet, Instagram, generally come in for much adult loathing. But consider this: The selfie is a tiny pulse of girl prideâ€”a shout-out to the self. â€¦ The selfie suggests something in picture formâ€”I think I look [beautiful] [happy] [funny] [sexy]. Do you?â€”that a girl could never get away with saying. It puts the gaze of the camera squarely in a girlâ€™s hands, and along with it, the power to influence the photoâ€™s interpretation.”
“But it was like a dance across a field strewn with razors, and I bled with every step I took.”
“The night is full of stories. They float up like miasmas, as though the dead leave their dreams in the earth where you bury them, only to have them rise to meet you in sleep. Mostly the scenes are familiar, but sometimes everything is strange, the people unknown.”
“A lot of ideas get re-used and made part of new songs if the first version didn't cut the mustard, and the stuff that gets left off usually contained the germ of something good but failed to reach a satisfactory state by the recording stage.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?”

Source : Benjamin Harrison (1893). “Public Papers and Addresses of Benjamin Harrison: Twenty -third President of the United States. March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893”
“If you've never been in a dumpster coated with industrial waste while someone stabs you with a piece of sharpened rebar, then you probably wouldn't understand.”

Source : S.G. Browne (2009). “Breathers: A Zombie's Lament”, p.33, Three Rivers Press
“Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these three modes of activity exhaust his powers.”

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