Famous quotes containing the word desired:
“Whom we desired above all things to know,
Sister of the mirage and echo.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)
“I have desired that all my works and acts may be according to his will.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to get rid of, upon his leaving my house I ever took care to lend him a riding-coat, or a pair of boots, or sometimes a horse of small value, and I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)