President Obama has begun a three-state bus tour. I believe the three states are: Confusion, Delusion, and Desperation. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
He sobbed in desperation at the burden of fear he carried with him every day of his life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not a stranger to depression and desperation. I can be kind of tortured but I do like to have a lot… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I felt the kind of desperation, I think, that cancels the possibility of empathy...that makes you unkind. — Sue Miller Copy Share Image
Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic. — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we don't know that it's best to run. Hanging on in desperation seems to be our way.” — Amy A. Bartol 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
Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only… — Swami Vivekananda 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
I want to know why I read as a child with such a frantic appetite, why I sucked the words off the… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling that we label 'love' is… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
“My stomach lurched. I glanced with desperation at Jennifer, but she couldn’t help me. She’d already passed out. Great. She left me… — Joanna Mazurkiewicz Copy Share Image
I have ne'er been in a chamber with a lawyer when I did not wish either to scream with desperation or else… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I felt a constant, low-flying desperation, the kind you feel when you are trying, trying, trying to get something you will never,… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“A woman's voice answered, "Hello?" Walter cried back at her, "Hello, oh Lord, hello!" "This is a recording," recited the woman's voice.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
When your opponent fears you, then's the moment when you give the fear its own rein, give it the time to work… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“THIS IS WHY He will never be given to wonder much if he was the mouth for some cruel force that said… — Michael Ryan Copy Share Image
“All I really need,” he continued, “is for you to act as a deterrent.” “A deterrent?” she choked out. “A human shield,… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
(The mainstream media) are so vested in our first black president not being a failure that it's going to be amazing to… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
Somehow it is the male's duty to put the best years of his life into work he doesn't like in order that… — Sterling Hayden 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
“And far away, as Frodo put on the Ring and claimed it for his own, even in Sammath Naur the very heart… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Beware of driving men to desperation. Even a cornered rat is dangerous. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We look up for inspiration, down for desperation, right and left for information. — Tyga Copy Share Image
Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage.” — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
“Desperation breeds people who are willing to do anything to get what they need.” — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
Desperation sells you to weak people that use weaker people. Exercise patience and faith along with Gods timing. — Marala Scott Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a burst of inspiration and then a long bit of work and a tremendous bit of desperation. — Donovan Copy Share Image
