“You don't say, 'I've done it!' You come, with a kind of horrible desperation, to realize that this will do.” — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Three and a half years in L.A. was enough for me. I would love to go back for short bursts if a… — Darren Boyd Copy Share Image
“Maybe it is desperation," I say. "Maybe we can't let things fall apart without trying. We can't let go of the people… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“She could, she thinks, have entered a different life. She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself.” — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation. — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair... — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Our Heavenly Father is pleased when we don't compromise our faith and principles in times of desperation. — David Green Copy Share Image
Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Don't do this to us." He warned, his voice hoarse with angry desperation as he realize he was losing her. "You're letting… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
The high cost of housing is crushing poor families and sending them to a state of desperation. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“Please,' I say to the dirt floor of the brugh, to the earth itself. 'I will do whatever you want. I will… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
What little reality television I've seen seems to be about economic desperation. Like the marathon dancing of the Great Depression, which should… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Everyone was trying to forget something, but they could never seem to find the way to do it. All they ever seemed… — Chris Galford Copy Share Image
“Once you connect with yourself, it is impossible to be lonely or desperate.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I can be thin with big breasts and… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on -… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
At the beggining of my career, for me the comedy circuit was a combination of desperation and the fact that it was… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Be still, and the world is bound to turn herself inside out to entertain you. Everywhere you look, joyful noise is clanging… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image