Appetites Quotes

From the earliest days of cinema a fascination with Scottish historical themes fed the appetites of Hollywood. Macabre shockers, or what Robert Louis Stevenson called "regular crawlers", were especially popular. Not counting numerous shorts, five feature versions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) were produced in Hollywood between 1912 and 1941, though none surpassed Fredric March`s Oscar-winning performance and his menacing facial transformation in Rouben Mamoulian`s production of 1931.

I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn`t about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that.

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you`ve conquered human nature.

He has selected nominees from the Taliban wing of American politics, appeased the wretched appetites of the extreme right wing and chosen Cabinet officials whose devotion to the Confederacy is nearly canine in its uncritical affection.

After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied.

I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people`s appetites.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you`ve conquered human nature .

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of.

Happiness consists in the gratification of certain affections, appetites, passions, with objects which are by nature adapted to them.

Comedians still make fun of Bill`s out-of-control appetites, but with Hillary, the mockery is about how she lets nothing be out of control.

Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it. I write because life does not appease my appetites and anger... To become more intimate with myself and you. To discover myself, to preserve myself, to make myself, to achieve self-autonomy. To dispell the myths that I am a mad prophet or a poor suffering soul. To convince myself that I am worthy and that what I have to say is not a pile of shit... Finally I write because I`m scared of writing, but I`m more scared of not writing.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you`ve conquered human nature