--- title: "7 Hope False Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Hope False quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Hope False sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/christopher-isherwood-2302_hope_here-in-their-midst-george-feels-a-sort_166261.jpg" --- > [“Here, in their midst, George feels a sort of vertigo. Oh God, what will become of them all? What chance have they?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-isherwood/here-in-their-midst-george-feels-a-sort-of-vertigo-oh-god-what-will/) [Christopher Isherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-isherwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/christopher-isherwood-2302_hope_here-in-their-midst-george-feels-a-sort_166261.jpg) > [“Nice threw me off my game like nothing else. People being nice leads to hope, and false hope is a terrible thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pippa-dacosta/nice-threw-me-off-my-game-like-nothing-else-people-being-nice-leads/) [Pippa DaCosta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pippa-dacosta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/pippa-dacosta-9843_false-hope_nice-threw-me-off-my-game-like-nothing-e_353568.jpg) > [I'd rather have no hope than false hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-d-rather-have-no-hope-than-false-hope/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/anonymous-1_false-hope_i-d-rather-have-no-hope-than-false-hope_1093734.jpg) > [Desperation will lead you down the road of false hope and false love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/desperation-will-lead-you-down-the-road-of-false-hope-and-false-love/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/anonymous-1_desperation_desperation-will-lead-you-down-the-road_1520371.jpg) > [And our conception that the way we can mitigate the fact that people don't have retirement savings can be more work, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-ghilarducci/and-our-conception-that-the-way-we-can-mitigate-the-fact-that-people/) [Teresa Ghilarducci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-ghilarducci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/teresa-ghilarducci-49476_false-hope_and-our-conception-that-the-way-we-can-m_2285310.jpg) > [Worry tends to foster hope of a false reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-jay-taylor/worry-tends-to-foster-hope-of-a-false-reality/) [T Jay Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-jay-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/t-jay-taylor-5289_false-reality_worry-tends-to-foster-hope-of-a-false-re_2347580.jpg) > [“Occasionally you'll say "Excuse me" when I happen to stand in your way, and "Thank you" when your ball drifts into my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-aciman/occasionally-you-ll-say-excuse-me-when-i-happen-to-stand-in-your-way/) [André Aciman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-aciman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/andre-aciman-459_excuse_occasionally-you-ll-say-excuse-me-when-i_2467451.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope-false/#itemlist", "name": "Hope False Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Here, in their midst, George feels a sort of vertigo. Oh God, what will become of them all? What chance have they? Ought I to yell out to them, right now, here, that it’s hopeless? But George knows he can’t do that. Because, absurdly, inadequately, in spite of himself, almost, he is a representative of the hope. And the hope is not false. No. It’s just that George is like a man trying to sell a real diamond for a nickel, on the street. 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