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Desirable Quotes

The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.'

George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945”

Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession.

Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.13, Modern Library

Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable?

John Kenneth Galbraith (2017). “Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went”, p.72, Princeton University Press

Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable.

Yi-Fu Tuan (2000). “Escapism”, p.23, JHU Press

I like myself as I am, more desiring than desirable.

Virginie Despentes (2010). “King Kong Theory”, p.3, Profile Books

Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being.

Plotinus (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Plotinus - Complete Enneads (Illustrated)”, p.541, Delphi Classics

Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!

Lawrence Durrell (2011). “Caesar's Vast Ghost”, p.12, Faber & Faber

To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.

Indira Gandhi, Som Benegal (1976). “Freedom is the starting point: a collection of memorable words”

Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do.

Anthony Trollope (2015). “The Prime Minister (Unabridged): Parliamentary Novel from the prolific English novelist, known for The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, The Last Chronicle of Barset, Can You Forgive Her? and Phineas Finn”, p.137, e-artnow