Desperation Quotes

283 quotes by 248 authors

It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh, thrice guilty is he who. . .drove her to… — Susan B. Anthony
The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the… — Henry David Thoreau
Because desperation breeds gullibility. People want to lose weight so much that their common sense shuts off. — David L. Katz
In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the darkness of difficulty and suffering becomes long, it is patience… — Al-Ghazali
In the range of my character at any given moment, I have acted in the only way it seemed to me I could have acted.… — Anne Truitt
Stories open up new paths, sometimes send us back to old ones, and close off still others. Telling and listening to stories we too imaginatively… — Arthur Kleinman
One solitary God-centered, God-intoxicated man can do more to keep God's love alive and His presence felt in the world than a thousand half-hearted, talkative… — Robert McNamara
Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation. — Vernon Howard
You cry out in your sleep - all my failings expose. There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes holdJust that something so good… — Ian Curtis
Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival, — Colin Farrell
I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be… — Laura Dern
I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation. — Harry Shearer
Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive? — Albert Brooks
Desperate? That can be a justification for all kinds of behavior. — Jessica Walter
You can ask the people around me. I don't give up. I don't give up... and it's not out of frustration and desperation that I… — Johnny Cash
As a 28 year old who's lived long enough to know the difference, I know now that the feelings I felt an 16 were not… — Billy Corgan
I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if… — Winston Churchill
Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best — Bob Geldof
I could definitely empathize with the character, with the feelings of helplessness - if only the desperation and the feeling of isolation. — Randy Harrison
I was teaching live drawing in a community college and students started zoning in on the face and spending a couple of hours on that… — John Baldessari

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