Desperate Quotes

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It was the upward-reaching and fathomlessly hungering, heart-breaking love for the beauty of the world at its most beautiful, and, beyond that, for that beauty… — Frederick Buechner
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! — William Shakespeare
Gary Shteyngart has written a memoir for the ages. I spat laughter on the first page and closed the last with wet eyes. Un-put-down-able in… — Mary Karr
I nursed men back to sanity who were driven to despair. I solicited clothes for the ragged children, for the desperate mothers. I laid out… — Mother Jones
The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I… — Natalia Vodianova
Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate… — Douglas Bader
Desperate men do desperate things when you take hope away. And that's where the Palestinians are today. — Chuck Hagel
War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state. — George Meade
This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways… — David Platt
I'm often amazed at the way politicians, who spend hours poring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what the public thinks,… — Simon Hoggart
Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Therefore live every day as if it would be the… — Joseph Hall
That was how a Salomon bond trader thought: He forgot whatever it was that he wanted to do for a minute and put his finger… — Michael Lewis
At a period when Literature was wont to attribute the grief of living exclusively to the mischances of disappointed love or the jealousy of adulterous… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
There is nobody more terrible than the desperate. — Alexander Suvorov
America, the great liberator, is in desperate need of being liberated from itself -- from its own excesses and arrogance. And the world needs to… — Kalle Lasn
We need Jesus like we need oxygen. Like we need water. Like the branch needs the vine. Jesus is not merely a figure for devotions.… — John Eldred
One of the most intuitive nature writers of our recently past century, Peter Matthiessen, lends a poets voice to the desperate effort to save the… — Ron Franscell
Earth, is not this what you will: in us to rise up invisible? Is it, O Earth, not your dream once to be wholly invisible?… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, it's like this - the script is like this… — Oliver Platt
Confusion is a gift from God. Those times when you feel most desperate for a solution, sit. Wait. The information will become clear. The confusion… — Unknown Author

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