“Excessive want is a form of desperation and a declaration of lack.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“My desperation was a lot of things, but it would never be quiet.” — Suzanne Scanlon Copy Share Image
Never allow yourself to be so desperate, that you end up settling for far less then what you deserve. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never be desperate. Get rid of insecurities. Believe in yourself. Know what you want and go out and get it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“desperation had a way of making you find strength you thought you'd lost.” — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“silent desperation of everything they never said - gaps and absences in every conversation, the past circumscribing the present, the future hemming… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed… — Carrie P. Meek Copy Share Image
This urbanization that's taking place around the world is very real. But if it's people that are seeking an urbanized environment out… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
Human beings, as far as I can tell, seem to be divided into two subspecies -- the resigned, who live in quiet… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“People who are out of control desperately need to observe your healthy boundaries in-play to learn from your example.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed,… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“Wantonness might be sheer desperation, masking a suicidal self-debasement, but it might also represent a joyful, lusty sexuality that indicated, at heart,… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
I have seen, the desperation and disorder of the powerless: how it twists the lives of children on the streets of Jakarta… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“These last few months Vida had started believing in all kinds of strange things she'd have laughed at when we lived back… — Judith Clarke Copy Share Image
“Your eye will no longer linger on the light, it will no longer trace constellations. You'll care only about the darkness and… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
He never once tells me what Tiffany thinks or what is going on in her heart: the awful feelings, the conflicting impulses,… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Desperation is a millstone. It wears away at the very soul, grinding away pity, kindness, humanity and courage. But sometimes it whets… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“The desperation in his voice was misplaced and as his eyes danced over my face I knew he was just as broken… — Cassandra Giovanni Copy Share Image
Obviously we're doing a comedy [Fresh Hell], and our intent is to entertain, but we're also really aware and trying to stay… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
“He could make her forget that it was desperation. He could make her forget everything. And this small room couldn't contain what… — Sarah Addison Allen 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
“He needed her so badly, to reassure himself of his own existence, that he never comprehended the desperation in her dazzling, permanent… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I was teaching live drawing in a community college and students started zoning in on the face and spending a couple of… — John Baldessari Copy Share Image
“SONG OF DAWN I saw the sun rise by accident. It was a horrible sight. Annoyed by its splendor, I sought refuge… — John Tottenham 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
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
Summer came. For the book thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews. When their bodies… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It's tough, it's not the scenario that we wanted for sure. I thought our desperation was there, we worked hard, but it… — Sidney Crosby Copy Share Image
Sophia and Grandmother sat down by the shore to discuss the matter further. It was a pretty day, and the sea was… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
![“Obviously we're doing a comedy [Fresh Hell], and our intent is to entertain, but we're also really aware and trying to stay aware of the subtext of what it's like to reach a certain age and be dismissed, basically, from the fraternity you've always wanted to be a part of, and the desperation…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cca/brent-spiner-2999_age_obviously-we-re-doing-a-comedy-fresh-hel_2805918.jpg)
