Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

Have you ever longed for someone so much, so deeply that you thought you would die? That your heart would just stop beating? I am… — Tracey Emin
I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldn't face the embarrassment, and anyway I lack the courage. Any courage… — Roald Dahl
I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like… — Veronica Roth
Which of my feelings are real? Which of the me's is me? The wild, impulsive, chaotic, energetic, and crazy one? Or the shy, withdrawn, desperate,… — Kay Redfield Jamison
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no… — Erich Fromm
When we "fall" in love, as the expressive verb puts it, the world shakes and changes around us, not only in the way it looks… — Rollo May
Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes. — George Santayana
When I think about it like that, it feels like a burden. But that won't mean I'll be single for the rest of my life… — Jude Law
We must not only control the weapons that can kill us, we must bridge the great disparities of wealth and opportunity among the peoples of… — Muhammad Ali
When food becomes scarce, refugees often turn to desperate measures to feed themselves and their families. We are particularly worried about the health of the… — Antonio Guterres
Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate. — Frederica Mathewes-Green
Radical self-care is what we've been longing for, desperate for, our entire lives-friendship with our own hearts. — Anne Lamott
I want to again highlight the desperate need for us to pull together - the world over - to tackle knife crime and teach everyone… — Jermain Defoe
As a Formula One driver, you dream about winning your first race all your life. I am desperate to know what it feels like. — Sergio Perez
One day we will have more inflation, and our bonds will bleed like a pig. The only reason for buying long bonds is short-term or… — Jeremy Grantham
Mythopoeia has taken off in the Indian diaspora because there has been a change in readership from a mature audience to a younger one. This… — Ashwin Sanghi
Sequels are desperate. — Adam McKay
Poetry had great powers over me from my childhood, and today the poems live in my memory which I read at the age of 7… — Bayard Taylor
The familiar mood that awaits the sensitive young who are poor and dispossessed is a mood of sharp and painful inferiority, of violently angry tensions,… — Peter Abrahams
Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do… — Samantha Shannon
My 20s were all about feeling desperate. Desperate to find a new boyfriend. Desperate to get the perfect job. Desperate to get rid of this… — Jessi Klein
Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands...… — Nate Corddry
Along with a livable wage, many parents are desperate for quality affordable child care. — Kirsten Gillibrand
At least one reason for trying to live lives that make a difference is that by so living, we hope we will not be forgotten… — Stanley Hauerwas
If you find yourself desperate for money, you sometimes do whatever, but on the other hand, if you really want to be known as a… — Jonas Armstrong

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