Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run… — Alvin Toffler
To such men the desperate and horrible thought has come that perhaps the whole of human life is but a bad joke, a violent and… — Hermann Hesse
In desperate times, much more than anything else, folks need perspective. For perspective brings calm. Calm leads to clear thinking. Clear thinking yields new ideas.… — Andy Andrews
Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other. Generally speaking, these meetings occur when we reach a limit,… — Paulo Coelho
Human beings have hope. Not matter how desperate things are, they convince themselves that they can change things for the better." - John Gregory (Clash… — Joseph Delaney
On the streets of the city They have taken my Who-I-Am As well as my What-I-Was And now I am desperate for them both Again — Walter Dean Myers
I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people. — John Perkins
(About Love)The most important thing in life, and you can't tell whether people have it or not. Surely this is wrong? Surely people who are… — Nick Hornby
I groaned. Man and his codes! Even in a lawless inferno, man has to give himself some honor, he's so desperate to separate himself from… — Steve Toltz
The drab brown front of the house made it look as if it had been built from rusty spare parts. Someone always put lace curtains… — Sarah Rees Brennan
There are the those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behaviour and claim… — Katherine Dunn
Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as… — Jonathan Safran Foer
writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers. — Charles Bukowski
Fang snorted in disbelief. "On one hand, we have a mythical nice family that wants to adopt me. On the other, we have a gang… — James Patterson
he was watching me and when our eyes met, i had no fan to cover my face, no way to hid my feelings. i was… — Laura Whitcomb
Legends were not only for the desperate. Legends were for the brave. (Soren) — Kathryn Lasky
That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish. — Suzanne Collins
Uh-huh. You know with that sinister tone you should look into working for the IRS. I’m sure they’re desperate for people who can cow others… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
He says he had to go help someone in a desperate situation. Who, exactly, he refuses to say. He doesn’t know when he’s going to… — Katie MacAlister
You’re going to share a Moon Pie? Now? You know you can’t get any more of those until you go back to the Sates, right?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
As lives go, I'll take the quietly desperate over the radically bipolar. — John Green
And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love, its voice An instant in the wind (I know… — Hart Crane
The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether I can succeed… — Suzanne Collins
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with… — Michael Parenti
Why can I never go back to bed? Who's is the voice ringing in my head? Where is the sense in these desperate dreams? Why… — Emilie Autumn

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