86 Best Desire Quotes

Everything is about sex except sex. Sex is about power. – Frank Underwood
We are all slaves to something. – Askeladd (Season 1, Episode 8)
Askeladd says this to his uncle Gorm, a wealthy lord obsessed with gold. He's pointing out the irony that Gorm, who owns slaves, is himself enslaved by his own greed and fear of losing his wealth. The line is a broader commentary on human nature—everyone serves a master, whether it's money, revenge, power, or obsession, and most are blind to their own servitude.
The team that wants it more usually gets it.
A race is won by the driver who wants it the most.
I need a miracle every day. – John Perry Barlow ("I Need a Miracle")
I don’t do romance. My tastes are very singular. – Christian Grey
There’s something about him that makes me want to surrender. – Anastasia Steele
If you were mine, you wouldn’t be able to sit down for a week. – Christian Grey
I don’t know whether to worship at your feet or spank you. – Christian Grey
Every time you say no, it makes me want you more. – Christian Grey
Her voice is full of money. – Jay Gatsby
I wish I had done everything on earth with you. – Jay Gatsby
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. – Nick Carraway
There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired. – Nick Carraway
The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. – Nick Carraway
A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: "There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired." – Nick Carraway
Never do anything out of hunger. Not even eating. – Rust Cohle
We begin by coveting what we see every day. – Hannibal Lecter
Tell me, Miss Starling, don't you feel eyes moving over your body? And don't your eyes seek out the things you want? – Dr. Frederick Chilton
But what is happiness? It's a moment before you need more happiness. – Don Draper
You can change what you do, but you can't change what you want. – Tommy Shelby
This is all I ever wanted for you, Will. For both of us. – Hannibal Lecter
See? See? This is all I have ever wanted for you. For both of us. – Hannibal Lecter
Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you and find nourishment at the very sight of you? – Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
I'm not a dog. I'm a human! And I have the right to live like one! – Greed
I fight because I want to. That's the only reason I need. – Mugen
I don't need splendid things or a lofty title. I just want to live! – Kaguya
I want you more than any blue sky. – Hodaka Morishima
The parade is a manifestation of his twisted desires.
The dream world is a reflection of our deepest selves, our desires and our fears. – Paprika
I'm a rat. We're not supposed to like good things. We're supposed to like garbage. – Emile
I dream that someday, I'll find a man who is strong, and yet, kind. – Jasmine
To be free. Such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world. – Genie
He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. – Lord Henry
I have never searched for happiness. Who wants happiness? I have searched for pleasure. – Lord Henry
I want a car. I want a car. I want a car. I want a car. I want a car. – Ferris Bueller
The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam to-day. – The White Queen
If I don’t have some cake soon, I might die. – Stanley Hudson
I don't want to do that. I want to be a shepherd. – Will Hunting
I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers, consultin' with the rain. And my head I'd be scratchin' while my thoughts were busy hatchin' If I only had a brain. – The Scarecrow
I desperately want to make love to a schoolboy. – Lloyd Christmas
Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention? – Joel
Admit it—you'd love to have me at your mercy. – Clementine
BoooOOOoooK! – Winifred Sanderson
I'm a 300-year-old witch and I want to be pretty! – Winifred Sanderson
I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. – Jack Twist
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