The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
My desperation for UKIP to do well meant that I really packed the diary and the day in a way that, frankly,… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
You might perhaps like to see the few canvases I was able to save from the bailiffs and the rest, since I… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
“Bosch had never liked Las Vegas, though he came often on cases. It shared a kinship with Los Angeles; both were places… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Love me. You have destroyed everything! But if you love me, it can all be restored in a new form. Love me.” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
There's something so showy about desperation, it takes hard wits to see it's a grandiose form of funk. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Jesus beckons me to follow him to that place of weakness where I risk the vulnerability of a child so that I… — Gary Haugen Copy Share Image
I really wanted people to pay attention to me and like me. And the class clown thing, you know? There's a weird… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“But there is nothing more beautiful than being desperate. And there is nothing more risky than pretending not to care.” — Rachel C. Lewis Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Soul. The word rebounded to me, and I wondered, as I often had, what it was exactly. People talked about it all… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I got tired and embarrassed by the constant poverty of those years. I told Doug [ Brinkley] this is really going to… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, loving someone gives you purpose. It fills you with hope, joy and a sense of optimism. But when that… — Hilary Maye Copy Share Image
I can become someone else, not out of pressure and desperation, but merely because a new life sounds fun or interesting or… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Desperate and dammed persons share an affinity for flirting with danger; an infectious case of erotic morbidity fetters them to self-destruction.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I've definitely had my hard partying moments. I've definitely had the long stretches of time in my personal life where I've felt… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
“Desperation will drive you to do things you know will never make you whole again and even to lose the very thing… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
