Nicolas Cage

My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?' I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic.

Actor

Antonio Damasio

Imagine, for example, birds. When they look out at the world, they have a sense that they are alive. If they are in pain, they can do something about it. If they have hunger or thirst, they can satisfy that. It's this basic feeling that there is life ticking away inside of you.

Portuguese Scientist

Edward Zwick

I watched aspirationally. I looked at movies that maybe I didn't entirely understand but which developed in me some thirst for their subjects or for their context, and that became part of how I came to understand the world.

American Director

Amy Jo Martin

Some people say they have a thirst for life. They're excited about every day and they're prepared to look the bad and the good straight in the face and greet it all with a smile. I like to think I'm one of those people.

American Author

Shakira

I thank God that I'm a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I'm grateful that I know where I come from.

Musician

Thich Nhat Hanh

Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof.

Vietnamese Clergyman

Salli Richardson

When a loved one passes, there are mixed emotions, and a thirst to live one's own life more deeply can certainly be among them.

American Actress

Colin Mochrie

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.

Scottish Actor

Anton Chekhov

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

Russian Dramatist

Emmitt Smith

Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.

American Athlete

Describes an urgent, physical sensation requiring immediate satisfaction.

Physical Need

Often used metaphorically to describe a strong desire for non-physical things.

Figurative Use

Conveys an emotional depth to the desire, indicating a passion beyond a mere wish.

Emotional Intensity

Can imply ambition when linked to goals or achievements, not just curiosity.

Ambition Driven

When used as a verb, it emphasizes a physical compulsion to seek hydration.

Physical Action

Commonly used to describe the need to drink following physical exertion.

Post-Activity Context

Indicates a deep, often aspirational or idealistic longing for something more abstract.

Aspirational Desire

Adds a sense of urgency or desperation to the desire; more intense than 'want'.

Intense Urgency

 So often when we talk about anger, we talk about how to keep from getting angry. We tell people to calm down or relax. We even tell people to let it go. And all of that assumes that anger is bad and that it's wrong to feel it. But instead, I like to think of anger as a motivator. The same way your thirst motivates you to get a drink of water,

Why we get mad -- and...

 Dehydration can lead to thirst, dry mouth, weakness, lightheadedness, and headache, one of the most common hangover symptoms. In addition to dehydration, hangover headaches can result from alcohol’s influence on chemical signaling in the brain, especially on neurotransmitters involved in pain signaling.

How does alcohol cause...

 Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out." I've also come to believe that romantic love is an a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly. And indeed, it has all of the characteristics of addiction.

The brain in love PIPE...

 Pandora brimmed with excitement at life on earth. She was also easily distracted and could be impatient, given her thirst for knowledge and desire to question her surroundings. Often, her mind wandered to the contents of the sealed box.

The myth of Pandora’s...

 and causes a rise in body temperature. It also makes you sleepy, and you lose your appetite and thirst. But what's the point of all of these unpleasant symptoms? Well, we're not yet sure, but some theorize that they aid in recovery.

The surprising reason...

 the youngster's constant thirst confines the hungry group to the narrow riverbed in the hills above where more food grows the 50 degree heat is too much for the calves left fang and the others protect

Elephants Struggle to...

 its fires only produced other artifacts— beautiful in appearance but ill-mannered in nature. An elegant crossbow that thirsted for blood and a gleaming plow that ruined cultivated fields among others.

The myth of the Sampo—...

 developed caring for the young is a crucial part of the mammals winning design something few reptiles do a mother shrew will even quench her baby's thirst with her own saliva if necessary

Ferocious Shrews Fight...

 skillfully harnessed river and rainwater to quench the thirst of some 750 thousand residents in the world's largest pre-industrial city it's still a

In Cambodia, a City of...

 chests is refreshing but more importantly it collects water in the hairs to lick off back at the roost and quench their thirst

Thirst

A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.

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A strong desire for something.

Often appears as...

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To feel a need to drink something.

Often appears as...

To have a strong desire for something.

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Physical Need

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