My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory. The old lie: It is… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into… — Nate Corddry Copy Share Image
“They may be misplaced, forgotten, or misdirected, but in the heart of every man is a desperate desire for a battle to… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I still think, despite everything, that the US is very unlikely to attack Iran. It could be a huge catastrophe; nobody knows… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here… — Moby Copy Share Image
Over the years, HIV/AIDS activists and their allies have been pioneers in creating new frontiers in the medical establishment. Through their efforts,… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
Perhaps randomness is not merely an adequate description for complex causes that we cannot specify. Perhaps the world really works this way,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
They enveloped each other within the folds of their thoughts, holding each other with an intimacy no physical embrace could replicate, allowing… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“Close your eyes, Maxon." "What?" "Close your eyes. Somewhere in this palace, there is a woman who will be your wife. This… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
“Naturally, I have no heroes: I am my heroes. I am my brothers and sisters. I feel myself joined by the soul… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine - but to hang all this… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
“He was playing a character I had invented, which is somewhat telling. In desperate love, it's always like this, isn't it? In… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Prayer does two things. It shows the complete sufficiency of God and the complete helplessness of man. It shows that God is… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
[If the Democratic nominee turns out to be] Walter Mondale, I hope he picks Representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. It… — Hendrik Hertzberg Copy Share Image
you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I've sometimes thought that it's only by recalling that desperate devotion my kids once felt for me that I can maintain my… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
People hate it when they're tickled because laughter is not pleasant, if it goes on too long. I think it's a desperate… — Kurt Vonnegut 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
He was desperate to tell his news to some other cat; he almost felt that if a mouse crossed his path he… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
I will go through a lot of pain to beat someone. If there's pride and ego on the line, if I'm desperate,… — Shalane Flanagan Copy Share Image
I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died… — William Wetmore Story Copy Share Image
Whether it was power they sought, or revenge, or love-well, those were all just different forms of hunger. The bigger the hole… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I'd always loved movies, but it wasn't some sort of desperate love of celluloid. It was literally like, "I want to write… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
At this point in history, the desperate need for building a sustainable society and for managing energy usage makes for a really… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
No scheme for a change of society can be made to appear immediately palatable, except by falsehood, until society has become so… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be one of those desperate actors, just waiting for their next gig, who might have to take something… — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
I grew up on my dad's sets, but I was never star-struck or desperate to be famous. I grew up being a… — Katharine Isabelle Copy Share Image
Part of my reaction to my diagnosis of infertility was deeply sarcastic and critical, part of it was morbid, part of it… — Monica Youn Copy Share Image
The newsprint thesp celebrity interview as a middle-brow art form suffers from desperate overproduction. There'll be at least 10 in the broadsheets… — Peter York Copy Share Image
I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood… — Tomie dePaola Copy Share Image
The spoiled superstar brat wouldn't get far in Oklahoma City. We're very value-conscious. Our city was settled in a land run. Those… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
“People who felt scared or desperate enough could do almost anything, even things that are extremely out of their character to do;… — J M Northup Copy Share Image
For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I had to smile when stories emerged questioning whether I was gay. Obviously I knew I wasn't but people were curiously desperate… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
![“[If the Democratic nominee turns out to be] Walter Mondale, I hope he picks Representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. It would be a desperate move, but that's what it'll take to get rid of Reagan. Ms. Ferraro is no more unqualified than a lot of Vice Presidential candidates have been…” quote by Hendrik Hertzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/hendrik-hertzberg-35818_american-politics_if-the-democratic-nominee-turns-out-to-b_1091850.jpg)
