Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something… — Randy Bachman
Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and… — Frances Perkins
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy, or charms, can make us… — John Donne
From Toscanini I learnt the essential and desperate seriousness of making music. — Georg Solti
Amazingly, we take for granted that instinct for survival, fear of death, must separate us from the happiness of pure and uninterpreted experience, in which… — Peter Matthiessen
The sensuality of desperate lives. Only poets talk like that. But poetry has never had an answer for anything. All it does it bear witness.… — Jean-Claude Izzo
There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all be… — Lauren Beukes
I yearn to live and love and burn, and yet so much of my time is spent faking and forgetting, faking and forgetting I carry… — Jon Foreman
What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men… — Leonard Cohen
Marriage is a desperate thing. — John Selden
It might pay to be resilient, if this was all being vulnerable and skinless got you. People didnâ€™t stop and cluck over damage done unless… — Daphne Merkin
Remember Killer Moth, the most ingenuous rogue ever to defy the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin ?Perhaps you recall how the weird beam from the… — Bob Kane
I hate women like that. They're so desperate for the attention of men that they'd willingly betray and harm members of their own sex — Sarah J. Maas
Anyone who is desperate or alone will agree there is comfort in routine. — Simon Van Booy
Besides, Iâ€™m not looking to get saved. Iâ€™m only going with her because itâ€™s what you do when youâ€™re in a relationship. You know? You… — Tim Tharp
If humanity is to survive, happiness and inner balance are crucial. Otherwise the lives of our children and their children are more likely to be… — Dalai Lama
The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Provided that societies stay mindful of the challenges that capitalism creates and never forget the paramount importance of inclusion and equal opportunity, we can and… — Dalai Lama
I canâ€™t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I have pulled myself… — Magnus Carlsen
We are all, in the private kingdom of our hearts, desperate for the company of a wise, true friend. Someone who isnâ€™t embarrassed by our… — Steve Almond

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