Dashed Quotes

62 quotes by 59 authors

O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her) Dashed all to… — William Shakespeare
That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. — Claudius Claudianus
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when… — Sigmund Freud
Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say! — Mary Douglas
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained. — Seamus Heaney
I'm finding it increasingly difficult to simply walk down the street. In New York, I dashed in to buy a big pair of sunglasses to… — Hugh Laurie
I compose most of my tweets with care, as if they were aphorisms - they are not usually dashed-off. Sometimes I'm surprised by the high,… — Joyce Carol Oates
Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them. — Josh Radnor
What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement… — Jonathan Sacks
Great pals we've always been. In fact there was a time when I had an idea I was in love with Cynthia. However, it blew… — P.G. Wodehouse
He had a dashing smile. It nearly dashed right off his face. — Shannon Hale
Get out of my way, you cakesniffers!â€ said a rude, violent, and filthy little girl, shoving the Baudelaire orphans aside as she dashed by. — Daniel Handler
He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist. — Randy Pausch
But as in landlessness alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God - so better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than… — Herman Melville
The woman dashed up the staircase toward the library's main doors. Arriving at the top of the stairs, she grabbed the handle and tried desperately… — Dan Brown
You...you've been here quite a long time, haven't you?" What? Oh...yes. Ever since I married What's-her-name. Uh, Martha. Even before that. Forever. Dashed hopes, and… — Edward Albee
Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested. — Edward Albee
Sometimes I'll spend an hour writing a tiny email. I work on it until I've created the illusion that I've dashed it off in three… — Nicholson Baker
Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret. — Lisa Kleypas

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