Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering of what is… — John Podhoretz
My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like… — Daniel Radcliffe
Being a father has fulfilled me in parts of my life that sustain me. It gives me a comfort and patience. All actors have this… — John C. Reilly
Haiti is in desperate poverty. — Pat Robertson
I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power. — Paul Ryan
My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob.… — Dan Savage
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. — Delmore Schwartz
Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. — Frank Sinatra
I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who… — Iain Duncan Smith
There were only two times in my life when I've actually felt down about things and gotten myself into a full mental mess. One of… — Robert Smith
I'm not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can't join your gang: you'd think I… — Vivian Stanshall
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. — Henry David Thoreau
I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're… — Shania Twain
The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness. — David Foster Wallace
I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility… — David Foster Wallace
In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the… — Olivia Wilde
I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out… — Tennessee Williams
The Lord knew I would someday be charged with the priesthood responsibility for hundreds and even thousands of Heavenly Father's children who were in desperate… — Henry B. Eyring
I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes. — John Oliver
The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. — Alice Walker

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