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The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty. (Quote by - Thomas Adams)

Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. (Quote by - Bible)

These new players incorporate our most coveted features in a fresh design that's unlike anything in the market today. They're a playful and easy way to enjoy digital music; just looking at them makes you want to smile. (Quote by - Kelly Davis)

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness. (Quote by - John Milton)

The avenues in my neighborhood are Pride, Covetousness and Lust; the cross streets are Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. I live over on Sloth, and the style on our street is to avoid the other thoroughfares. (Quote by - John Chancellor)

Who covets more is evermore a slave. (Quote by - Robert Herrick)

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; / Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, / Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, / Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: / Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. (Quote by - Bible)

I think it more developed because we were able to get two tight ends that we coveted highly. We just got very, very youthful at tight end. (Quote by - Scott Linehan)

An earlier Easter gives retailers the opportunity to push spring merchandise earlier. Retailers will have to wait more patiently this year until mid-April for its coveted Easter sales. (Quote by - Michael Exstein)

The Derby is an event we've coveted as long as I've been here. (Quote by - Ken Schanzer)

Hughes's timing could not have been better. Entering his prime at age 26, he also entered a free agent market in which shooting guards were the most coveted commodity. Some people probably wish my deal was up last year, .. I kind of raised the stakes a little bit. (Quote by - Larry Hughes)

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: / Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. (Quote by - Bible)

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. (Quote by - Akhenaton)

I don't know if they'd do it, but I would. I wouldn't want $24 million locked up in one guy who is a knee injury away. They aren't going to take a quarterback, so their choice is Reggie Bush or a trade. And if they do decide to trade, there will be many teams who covet that pick. (Quote by - Joe Linta)

I can categorically say I will not be putting my hat in the ring. It's not something I have ever coveted and it's not a position I am interested in taking up at this point in time. I am loyal to Newcastle and they have been fabulous to me. I feel that is where my responsibility lies. (Quote by - Rob Andrew)

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (Quote by - Bible)

Well the ten commandments is not the law of the land obviously if one covets they are not committing a crime under Indiana law. (Quote by - Ken Falk)

I don't see any reason why Yahoo could not establish trust and reliability as a common carrier -- that adjustable filter that Yahoo News is now -- and, at the same time, become a credible producer of its own editorial content, .. There are problems to solve in the dual track approach, because its requires two different kinds of user trust. The day when Yahoo starts hesitating to point out to the rest of the Web (because it covets the traffic for locally produced goods) is the day decline sets in. My guess is they know that. (Quote by - Jay Rosen)

They say 40 percent of the revenue from network television is on Thursday night, so we're talking about hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions at stake, .. Not to be accused of being cruel here, but `Joey' is down 59 percent from `Friends' in advertiser-coveted viewers ages 18-to-49. . . . 59 percent. OK?. (Quote by - Leslie Moonves)

Interest in our Z800 3DVisor continues to grow as a result of our strong showing at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where the product was awarded the coveted Best of Innovations award for the display category. To capitalize on this interest we are expanding our distribution through the addition of several highly qualified direct partners. Today's announcement covers the first seven. (Quote by - Susan Jones)

DIGITAL HUB. Instead, the new Mac World Order will be all about catering to consumers, and in the process showing how ham-handed Windows PC vendors have been at winning the much coveted place as a fixture in the living room. The guys in the PC industry realized that the enterprise market flattened out and that the next true growth market is going to be consumers, .. Steve Jobs, to his credit, declared early that the Mac was going to be the hub of the digital lifestyle, and it's a strategy Apple has pursued aggressively and with no apologies since then. (Quote by - Tim Bajarin)

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