Franz Grillparzer Quotes

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

I'm completely optimistic - I know the end is coming!

It is natural to want to have a future.

I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved.

We fear the thing we want the most.

You might find me outside with a can of hair spray, spraying it with the hope that the sun will burn a hole in the Earth. Another part of me hopes people will grow up and evolve and get smarter. That's the paradox of Marilyn Manson.

Let us face squarely the paradox that the world which goes to war is a world, usually, genuinely desiring peace.

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

I don't see I'll ever arrive at the point where I'll say, 'Lance old boy, you've arrived at success.' There's no question about it. Once you get to the point where you've arrived at a station called success, you get complacent and lethargic. Those goals you set keep changing. But it's not a ruthless sort of thing.

My dreams have come true.

Just because I bought some jewelry and things I've always wished for and always wanted, it doesn't mean I'm not focused. It doesn't mean that I'm not hungry anymore.

There is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time.

Longing, the hope for fulfillment, is the one unwavering passion of the world's commerce.

Curious how often you Humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.

As soon as you stop wanting something you get it. I've found that to be absolutely axiomatic.

Oh, must we dream our dreams and have them, too?

I had a dream. And it came true.

Philosophy - hopeless. Yet it gives me hope.

Most of my dreams came true.

When people have peace, they hate it and long for excitement, and when they have excitement, they want peace.

Your dream is a good one. [. . .] The desire that is the very root of life itself: To grow until all the space you can see is part of you, under your control. It's the desire for greatness.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.