Mortimer Adler Quotes

If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.

Mortimer Adler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001

Topics

LoveLustWrongDesirePleasure

We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as well.

Joe Slovo

PeopleMoodNeedRespondSideTake

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

John Lasseter

HistoryYouCinemaNeverAudience

There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.

Michael Bloomberg

New YorkPeopleAmericaYouKnow

It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.

Merle Haggard

PotentialInterestingSaidProduct

I think we live in a world where the most important thing is daily life: sharing a space with your family, making meals, being with your people. It's not only the idea of privacy, it's the beauty of the moment, at a time in the world when everything goes really fast - too fast.

Ana Tijoux

LifeFamilyBeautyLiveDailyTime

I take the sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character.

Amber Heard

GirlCharacterSexyTrySomething

No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.

Steve Irwin

ProblemCountryGoAnywhereSnakes

I really loved working on 'Laguna Beach,' and I'd do it all over again. I'm one of the luckiest kids in the world, but I thought it was going to be a documentary about kids in high school, and they exaggerated all this drama. When it came out, it was this weird thing. People feel that they know you.

Stephen Colletti

BeachSchoolPeopleWorldThought

At 13 years old, I was doing grown-man things, so I know who I am, and I'm telling people who I am.

Shy Glizzy

I AmPeopleDoingKnowOldYears

I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways.

Jon Hamm

LifeWinterRainbowJewelryColor

I was having a dilemma whether I wanted to return to acting at all because I was coming from this sort of agency-less childhood career, and I'd never made the choice to go into acting.

Cole Sprouse

ChildhoodCareerChoiceActingGo

Every team believes they are better after the transfer window.

Claudio Ranieri

TeamWindowBetterTransferEvery

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