English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Jacques Lacan Quotes

...Desire, a function central to all human experience, is the desire for nothing nameable. And at the same time this desire lies at the origin of every variety of animation. If being were only what it is, there wouldn’t even be room to talk about it. Being comes into existence as an exact function of this lack.

Jacques Lacan

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Wisdom, Happiness, and Courage are not waiting somewhere out beyond sight at the end of a straight line; they're part of a continuous cycle that begins right here. They're not only the ending, but the beginning as well. Benjamin Hoff
Haile Gebrselassie quote: "Schooling is so important."
Schooling is so important. Haile Gebrselassie
Dinner was ready. Professor Lidenbrock did full justice to it, for his compulsory fast on board had turned his stomach into an unfathomable gulf. Jules Verne
Family is just accident, Jessie. It's nothing personal, hon. They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are. Marsha Norman
Calamity Jane quote: "We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889."
We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889. Calamity Jane
Jane Fonda quote: "I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it..."
I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people. Jane Fonda
Robert Byrne quote: "Doing a thing well is often a waste of time."
Doing a thing well is often a waste of time. Robert Byrne
Russell M. Nelson quote: "Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death..."
Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges. Russell M. Nelson
Hang in there, Frank!' Freud called - to the entire lobby. 'Don't let anyone tell you you're queer! You're a prince, Frank!' Freud cried. 'You're better than Rudolf!' Freud yelled to Frank. 'You're more majestic than all the Hapsburgs, Frank!' Freud encouraged him. Frank couldn't speak, he was crying so hard. John Irving
Samuel Butler quote: "God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch."
God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch. Samuel Butler
If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much. Terry Brooks
Paul Valery quote: "A man who is of 'sound mind' is one who keeps his inner madman..."
A man who is of 'sound mind' is one who keeps his inner madman under lock and key. Paul Valery
Ernst Zundel quote: "The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history."
The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history. Ernst Zundel
Shirley Temple quote: "We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which..."
We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought. Shirley Temple
Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous. Ambrose Bierce