Famous quotes containing the word passions:
“My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“... there is no human being who having both passions and thoughts does not think in consequence of his passions.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the route of passion may be opened up new relationships between a man and men, and between men and Man. Drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us to know more, and not merely to spend our feelings.”
—Arthur Miller (b. 1915)