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
Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later. — Charles Mackay Copy Share Image
In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I was far too embarrassed to share the experience of Indian food at school. As a kid, you're desperate to fit in,… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
A haunting, harrowing punch to the heart, Among the Missing is flat-out brilliant. About the secrets we keep, the lives we are… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
Television production is so insane. There's so many moving parts and flying pieces and you're desperate to make it cohesive and artistic… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Oh- and grab the plastic bag over by my suitcase." I slug down the last of the coffee and get up. The… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Fathers who compete hard with their kids are monstrous. The father, for a throw-away victory, is sacrificing the very heart of hischild's… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
She cried for herself, she cried because she was afraid that she herself might die in the night, because she was alone… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Prison, blood, death, create enthusiasts and martyrs, and bring forth courage and desperate resolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it. — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I had no problem relating to Peter Parker. He feels like he might be in way over his head but is desperate… — Jon Watts Copy Share Image
Begging for votes or attention feels desperate, and I like to save that for thirst traps on Instagram. — Gabby Windey Copy Share Image
Ever notice how the only time I smile is when you smile? Read between the lines for once, please... — Leslie Copy Share Image
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“She felt weak and utterly forlorn. She wished some help would come from outside. But in the whole world there was no… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Those women with collagen lips just look like frogs - 'muffin mouths,' I call them. There's not a line on their brows,… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
Producers - we always think, "Well, producers are very powerful," but producers don't really have the power. It's the appearance they might,… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
In the oasis complex, the thirsty man images he sees water, palm trees, and shade not because he has evidence for the… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
My disease is one of the best things that has happened to me; it has pulled me out of a quietly desperate… — Tom O'Connor Copy Share Image
I think people are a mixture of everything. I like desperate characters because they do things that most of us normally wouldn't… — Richard Shepard Copy Share Image
Mr. Market does not always price stocks the way an appraiser or a private buyer would value a business. Instead, when stocks… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
