Desirable

Famous quotes containing the word desirable:

“There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“A child... who has learned from fairy stories to believe that what at first seemed a repulsive, threatening figure can magically change into a most helpful friend is ready to believe that a strange child whom he meets and fears may also be changed from a menace into a desirable companion.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)

“It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
—Plutarch (46–120)