Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class. – Annie Besant
I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought. – Alexander Herzen
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes. – Bill Cosby
Losing my father at a tender age was hard, and I felt it more so while growing up when I needed a father to talk to. Especially while pursuing an acting career where I would have loved his guidance and advice, since it was his passion as well. – Ajay Mehta
I took to the luge when I was very young, but I never imagined that it would become my passion. At 14, I was already competing on artificial tracks. – Armin Zoggeler
Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion – painting, writing, music. People seem less status-conscious. Even wealthy people buy second-hand clothes and look a little bit homeless. – Chuck Palahniuk
Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair amount of research before I see a show – on the history of previous productions (if it’s a revival) and the creative team. – Ben Brantley
My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It’s also something someone cannot take way from me, so it’s very valuable. – Bonnie Hunt
I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love. – Andrea Bocelli
Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade – whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted. – Aimee Teegarden
The only thing I’m looking for in life is incredible passion and honest love, no matter what options are on the table. All I really operate on is the way I feel in my heart when it comes to love. – Aubrey O’Day
I’ve been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I’ve come to associate my passion with overexcited poets rather than pampered painters. – Arthur Smith
That’s where my passion was ignited, on the set of ‘Pobol Y Cwm.’ I loved it and I’ve had such a passion for TV and films. I can’t do anything else. – Alexandra Roach
Music was something I was encouraged to do, which I appeared to be quite good at, but it was never a passion. Writing was always my first love. – Allan Guthrie
Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive. – Bernard de Mandeville
The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it’s become a commodity. – Adam Clayton
My passion is writing, but it is also a fight because I still see home as a woman’s duty. – Angeles Mastretta
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. – Alexander Hamilton
I’d just like to carry on in Dad’s footsteps. I think that Dad’s spirit and passion lives in every single one of us. – Bindi Irwin
I use the word ‘passion’ a lot when I talk to young people. In every pursuit I’ve been on, I’ve had a lot of passion behind it. It continues to motivate me every day on what I like to do and where I’m going. – Charles Schwab
My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric and our passion about Dubai must be matched by the funding necessary to keep our ports and our citizens safe. – Allyson Schwartz
I want to make sure I’m not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it. – Cristina Saralegui
