Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

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
People need me. I fill them. If they can't see me for a while they get desperate, they get sick. But if I see them… — Charles Bukowski
I like things pretty reduced. I don't understand how people live with so much stuff around them, because you can't focus on it, and after… — Rick Owens
Hitler appeared, a man with limited intellectual abilities and unfit for any useful work, bursting with envy and bitterness against all whom circumstance and nature… — Albert Einstein
Wherever you may seek solitude, men will ferret you out and compel you to belong to their desperate company of oddfellows. — Henry David Thoreau
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the… — Jean de la Bruyere

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