The editorial strategy of the 'World' is seemingly rested upon the theory that in a desperate cause, it is well to ask… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
As boys without bonds to their fathers grow older and more desperate about their masculinity, they are in danger of forming gangs… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
For most of my writing life, I've refused to allow myself to believe that writing was a significant form of action. I… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
His contagious conviction that our love was unique and desperate infected me with an anxious sickness; soon we would learn to treat… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“See, look, you don’t know how black it got.” I stepped up next to him. Didn’t touch him, but my voice dropped… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
My mouth opened. It happened. Yes, with my head thrown into the sky, I started howling. Arms stretched out next to me,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
When food becomes scarce, refugees often turn to desperate measures to feed themselves and their families. We are particularly worried about the… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
It might pay to be resilient, if this was all being vulnerable and skinless got you. People didn’t stop and cluck over… — Daphne Merkin Copy Share Image
Desperate times call for desperate measures" is an aphorism which here means "sometimes you need to change your facial expression in order… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are things about ourselves that we need to get rid of; there are things we need to change. But at the… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
You’re pretty sharp, Clive. Do you believe in God?” Clive smiled. “I don’t know, should I?” Actually, approaching the matter from a… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“My mother and father were married this way and are quite happy. I hope to find happiness, too. To find a woman… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
And while we stand with conviction and courage, we must live with compassion. Amid a world with massive social needs around us,… — David Platt Copy Share Image
For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country ... not just because Barack has done well,… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
Take a young man from Gaza living in the most horrendous conditions - most of it imposed by Israel - who straps… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
So yeah, anyway - I'm thirty-four and my mother is desperate for me to get married. She thinks settling down is what… — Sue Margolis Copy Share Image
All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The troubles of the 20th century are not unlike those of adolescence -- rapid growth beyond the ability of organizations to manage,… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
There are also people that still choose to support racist rhetoric because they feel white dominance in America is slipping through their… — Christian Picciolini Copy Share Image
It's no mystery why many of us in the media can't get enough of the fabricators Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass, the… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
If you go around a time when you're hungry, around mealtime, then you have a desperate search to find something to eat… — Robert Sietsema Copy Share Image
If I walk on the street, if I go to a restaurant, people come to me and say: "Can we take a… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It's very hard to sustain love, that's for sure. But the more you have your own life and your own self, and… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
If you're going to run for president as the anti-Clinton, you should know that Democrats and their media friends will do whatever… — Paul Gigot Copy Share Image
When the throne of God is overturned, the rebel realizes that it is now his own responsibility to create the justice, order,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, it looks like the Palestinians have been massively robbed and abused, and are engaged in a… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
After Birth is a fast-talking, opinionated, moody, funny, and slightly desperate account of the attempt to recover from having a baby. It… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
The Chief Justice's ... main point seemed to be that the references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance aren't really religious… — Ed Buckner Copy Share Image
Creators understand that their emotions are not necessarily a sign of the circumstances. They understand that in desperate circumstances they may experience… — Robert Fritz Copy Share Image
Desperate? So what? I'm desperate, too!" Fenoglio snapped at her. "My story is foundering in misfortune, and these hands here," he said… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
Believe me, I know all about bottle acoustics. I spent much of the sixth century in an old sesame oil jar, corked… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
It is wrong to take an 18-year-old boy or girl and arm them with machine guns and make them the almighty king… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm too close to the two Democrats to be against either one. I went to law school with Barack Obama and… — Keith Boykin Copy Share Image
I find it ironic and unfortunately because people are very vulnerable to populism now these days because they are desperate, we had… — Eva Kaili Copy Share Image
How does it feel? I feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I'm not desperate for a relationship, but. I do miss having someone that can make me smile and feel appreciated. Someone that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such… — Phoebe Snow Copy Share Image
Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food,… — John Ricard Copy Share Image