Covetable Quotes & Sayings

When you sit at the back of a room you can keep a check on everything. — Sara Sheridan

Menstruating is the only part of being female I have ever disliked. Everything else feels like a unique and covetable privilege, but this? — Lena Dunham

He had it now, he thought. What he had been searching for till now: the heart of it, the central, engendering event. — Damon Galgut

The role of empirical work in informing our philosophical theories, as I see it, is not that it gives us a better view of our folk concepts, but that it gives us a better view of knowledge, and the mind, and so on. — Hilary Kornblith

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us. — Mary Kay Ash

Auxochrome - Chromophore. Diego. She who wears the color. He who sees the color. Since the year 1922. Until always and forever. Now in 1944. After all the hours lived through. The vectors continue in their original direction. Nothing stops them. With no more knowledge than live emotion. With no other wish than to go on until they meet. Slowly. With great unease, but with the certainty that all is guided by the "golden section." There is cellular arrangement. There is movement. There is light. All centers are the same. Folly doesn't exist. We are the same as we were and as we will be. Not counting on idiotic destiny. — Frida Kahlo

I wanted to do something not just commercial but also covetable, — Prabal Gurung

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something. — Manuel Puig

Reasons come first, answers second. It seems that life has a mysterious quirk of camouflaging the answers in such a way that they become apparent only to those who are inspired enough to look for them - who have reasons to look for them. — Jim Rohn

I like the idea of my art being a covetable object; I like preciousness. A lot of art seems to flaunt its throw-away character ... But you have to sail out into the dangerous sea of fine art with these crafted works. — Grayson Perry

Peace is the most covetable possession on the earth. It is the greatest treasure in all the universe. Peace is the most important and indispensable factor for all growth and development. It is in the tranquility and quiet of the night that the seed slowly sprouts from under the soil. The bud opens in the depth of the most silent hours. So also, in a state of peace and love, people evolve, grow in their distinctive culture, and develop perfect civilization. — Sivananda