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Desperate Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to belong to their…
- Wherever you may seek solitude, men will ferret you out and compel you to belong to their desperate company of oddfellows.
- It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
- The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate…
- Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions,…
- It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
More Desperate Quotes
- I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me awake and… — Emmanuelle Beart
- Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
- I read that book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue', got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it. — Jo Brand
- If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs… — Andre Breton
- Are we not all desperate one way or another? — Taylor Caldwell
- People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think. — George Carlin
- I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If… — Jim Carrey
- That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening… — Charlie Chaplin
- 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- There's always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you. — Kirstie Alley
- When I am not desperate, I am worthless. — Ivo Andric
- If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine - but to hang all this… — Frank Zappa