The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Hope, that palliative of every human suffering: in desperation, we cling to the flimsiest of straws.” — Cyrus Mistry Copy Share Image
“People who are out of control desperately need to observe your healthy boundaries in-play to learn from your example.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Let the darkness transform into rock across the wilderness of my memory” — Xiaobo Liu Copy Share Image
Never compromise to keep someone or lower your standards out of desperation. You'll end up hurt or in sin. Wait on God. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When our embarrassment level is exceeded by our desperation level, we are a good candidate for God's grace.” — Peter Lord Copy Share Image
I have seen, the desperation and disorder of the powerless: how it twists the lives of children on the streets of Jakarta… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Wantonness might be sheer desperation, masking a suicidal self-debasement, but it might also represent a joyful, lusty sexuality that indicated, at heart,… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales with all the shine taken away from them were simply stories of desperation. Of hungry wolves devouring children and jealous… — Emily Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Anfering sex for money is not a profession that glorifies women; it is a profession born of desperation, poverty, alieatioin, and loneliness. — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
I am interested in the gap between what people say and what they think - the undiscovered world of people's lives. Lives… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
This urbanization that's taking place around the world is very real. But if it's people that are seeking an urbanized environment out… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
The Democrats current crudeness is a function of their desperation, and the imminent ratification of Howard Dean, the least charming presidential candidate… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
He never once tells me what Tiffany thinks or what is going on in her heart: the awful feelings, the conflicting impulses,… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Desperation is a millstone. It wears away at the very soul, grinding away pity, kindness, humanity and courage. But sometimes it whets… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's all about whether you can sell the emotion on your face... that desperation, the panic and rage that… — Joey Ansah Copy Share Image
Obviously we're doing a comedy [Fresh Hell], and our intent is to entertain, but we're also really aware and trying to stay… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
In a typical desperation for quick answers, easily understood, people had turned to primitive worship as the solution. With less than success.… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
You can become an alcoholic working in an office in Los Angeles. It's very easy to say because I do this shameful… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
You're getting like an attitude. What you get put through for just wanting something more out of life. Makes you vulnerable. Inside,… — Sandra Newman Copy Share Image
“Your eye will no longer linger on the light, it will no longer trace constellations. You'll care only about the darkness and… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
![“Obviously we're doing a comedy [Fresh Hell], and our intent is to entertain, but we're also really aware and trying to stay aware of the subtext of what it's like to reach a certain age and be dismissed, basically, from the fraternity you've always wanted to be a part of, and the desperation…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cca/brent-spiner-2999_age_obviously-we-re-doing-a-comedy-fresh-hel_2805918.jpg)
