“No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don’t you think? The young are eternally desperate,” he said frankly. “And books,… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
...and she felt the words come from some iron place within her that hadn't existed an hour ago. She didn't speak loudly,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
“He pulled my head back further, and I could hear his ragged breathing as his mouth came close to my ear, sounding… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
There was this very strange moment when the world discovered what was going on for LGBT people in Russia. It was very… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of… — Mink Stole Copy Share Image
The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I think comedy is so much easier to do on the page than it is in real life. When I'm writing, comedy… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
Millions of our fellow human beings continue to live as contemporary slaves, victims of abominable practices like human trafficking, forced labour and… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
For some days I quietly worked out in my own mind the metaphysics of Cosmic Unity. The more I thought about it,… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Besides, I’m not looking to get saved. I’m only going with her because it’s what you do when you’re in a relationship.… — Tim Tharp Copy Share Image
There is a kind of desperate need for somebody to tell everyone what to do, which I find really peculiar in America.… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies and to intervene on behalf of the most desperate. The… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I'm not much of a correspondent. My letters are not only uninteresting but sparse. I'm glad I don?t have to write for… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
Sometimes we find ourselves in desperate need and we look to those of privilege and power. It's then we learn compassion sits… — Bad Religion Copy Share Image
Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed? Anyone who's unemployed in the world, you… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
“But Yates was desperate enough to put aside his anxiety and give teaching a try. He could think of no more demoralizing… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
We are all, in the private kingdom of our hearts, desperate for the company of a wise, true friend. Someone who isn’t… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“The number of chances you give someone doesn't tell the world how loving you are without telling them how desperate you are… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Sex and excretion are reminders that anyone's claim to round-the-clock dignity is tenuous. The so-called rational animal has a desperate drive to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Some of our best episodes of 'Buffy' were written over a weekend. You can really get in touch with your creative spirit… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
“I’ve missed the fuck out of her these past few years. I don’t deserve her time, not in the least, but I’m… — J.M. Darhower Copy Share Image
Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his… — David Platt Copy Share Image
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
Never allow yourself to be so desperate that you end up settling for far less than you deserve. To make your dreams… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world,… — Cecilia Bartoli Copy Share Image
My team of people around me, they were like, 'Don't be waiting and begging for a man.' You know what I'm saying?… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
“There's always this one girl. She's desperate and she's weird and she's jealous, and you're stuck with her, no matter how hard… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“So, Chris," he said. "You couldn't make a smaller cut?" Nick's eyes were closed, but he smiled."Chris asked me to bite him… — Brigid Kemmerer Copy Share Image
A lot of black men get in desperate situations because they don't see any other avenues to make it. You make a… — Nate Dogg Copy Share Image
The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
It explains why people come home from work or school and immediately switch on the television. They are not interested in the… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Mainly because people were what they were and you couldn't change them. most of the time, they couldn't change themselves, even if… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
The nurses, I have already learned, are the ones who give us the answers we’re desperate for. Unlike the doctors, who fidget… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
