Desperately Quotes
493 Desperately quotes by 419 unique authors
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There is nothing in this universe you need more desperately than Christ.
— R C Sproul
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Two things we want so desperately, glory and relationship, can coexist only in God.
— Timothy Keller
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The greatest crisis of our lives is neither economic, intellectual, nor even what we usually call religious. It is a crisis of imagination. We get…
— Marc Gafni
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It is the misanthrope who alone has clarity.By standing outside the huddles of man,he sees a lot,and what he often sees is the evidence that…
— Manu Joseph
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The lawyers' contribution to the civilizing of humanity is evidenced in the capacity of lawyers to argue furiously in the courtroom, then sit down as…
— John Silber
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Wouldn’t that be an incredibly stupid thing to do? To say ‘I never want to smoke again’, then spend the rest of your life saying…
— Allen Carr
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We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately…
— Marc Morial
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I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party…
— Kenneth Clarke
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If there is any one thing most needed in this time of tumult and frustration, when men and women and youth and young adults are…
— Ann M. Dibb
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If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it's not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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After the enemies with guns have been wiped out, there will still be enemies without guns; they are bound to struggle desperately against us, and…
— Mao Zedong
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All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality and…
— Paul Schrader
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I'm beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not…
— Leonard Slatkin
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Rage swept over her at being young, young and little, as if some evil fairy had put that spell on her. Why must you be…
— Dawn Powell
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I realize how desperately I need grace, therefore I try to lavishly give it.
— Lysa TerKeurst
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Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow as disciples of…
— David Platt
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By teaching our children to stay in line we create well-behaved followers. While this may make parenting a bit easier, it has enormous costs later…
— Cheryl Richardson
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To feel life is meaningless unless "I" can be permanent is like having desperately fallen in love with an inch.
— Alan Watts
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Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate, often desperately. He is forever entering bold exceptions to the rulings…
— H. L. Mencken
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Sometimes I think I’m the last remaining person who goes to the shows for the pleasure of seeing the clothes, rather than desperately wanting to…
— Grace Coddington
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The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the…
— Walter Lippmann
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We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something…
— Eric Hoffer
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So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.
— John Mason Brown
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A chronic lack of pleasure, of any enjoyable, rewarding or stimulating experiences, produces a slow, gradual, day-by-day erosion of man's emotional vitality, which he may…
— Ayn Rand
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Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: "Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is this true of…
— Sun Tzu
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