Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

Beauty is all about us, but how many are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to see nothing. People move… — Pablo Casals
The newsprint thesp celebrity interview as a middle-brow art form suffers from desperate overproduction. There'll be at least 10 in the broadsheets today and every… — Peter York
Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. — William Blake
Not only was Dan Cooper likely an alias, but many people suspected at the time were people living under assumed names. The '50s and '60s… — Geoffrey Gray
By trying to control everything we become very neurotic, more and more desperate. It's a huge tragic thing. — Charlotte Rampling
Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish; Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning; One desperate… — William Shakespeare
The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his… — Eric Hoffer
When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart from us to live for.… — Eric Hoffer
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once. — Virginia Woolf
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly. — Samuel Johnson
So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought, Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success. — John Milton
We live in a time which has created the art of the absurd. It is our art. It contains happenings, Pop art, camp, a theater… — Norman Mailer
You might perhaps like to see the few canvases I was able to save from the bailiffs and the rest, since I thought you might… — Claude Monet
If you are curious, you will learn. If you are desperate, you will discover. — Mooji
Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of… — Tony Campolo
When, in 1913, in a desperate attempt to rid art of the ballast of objectivity, I took refuge in the form of the square... the… — Kazimir Malevich
Painting is consequently an almost blind, desperate effort, like that of a person abandoned, helpless, in totally incomprehensible surroundings. — Gerhard Richter
All poetry and music, and art of every true sort, bears witness to man's continual falling in love with beauty and his desperate attempt to… — John Bertram Phillips
A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making. — Harsha Bhogle
Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a… — Walter Cronkite
Writing a novel is a very hard thing to do because it covers so long a space of time, and if you get discouraged it… — Maxwell Perkins
Prison, blood, death, create enthusiasts and martyrs, and bring forth courage and desperate resolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte
People may call what happens at midlife 'a crisis,' but it's not. It's an unraveling - a time when you feel a desperate pull to… — BrenÃ© Brown
However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When… — Sun Tzu
"What can I offer you that will make you happier about how you should feel about who Angelina Jolie is?" I think that's a very… — Angelina Jolie

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