Despite Quotes

1296 Despite quotes by 1034 unique authors

Despite Langdon’s six-foot frame and athletic build, Anderson saw none of the cold, hardened edge he expected from a man famous for surviving an explosion… — Dan Brown
A REASSURING ANNOUNCEMENT Please, be calm, despite that previous threat. I am all bluster - I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am… — Markus Zusak
The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A… — Napoleon Hill
I wanted people to trust me, despite anything they'd heard. And more than that, I wanted them to know me. Not the stuff they thought… — Jay Asher
The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that… — Suzanne Collins
You see, to me, for just a moment, despite all of the colors that touch and grapple with what I see in this world, I… — Markus Zusak
Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from… — Steve Martin
Isn't it a riddle . . . and awe-inspiring, that everything is so beautiful? Despite the horror. Lately I've noticed something grand and mysterious peering… — Sophie Scholl
Is psychiatry a medical enterprise concerned with treating diseases, or a humanistic enterprise concerned with helping persons with their personal problems? Psychiatry could be one… — Thomas Szasz
I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy." Mr. Rochester — Charlotte Bronte
However, as words become particularized, and as men begin - in however small a way - to use them in personal, arbitrary ways, so their… — Yukio Mishima
He Sipped his coffee, watched the flames. "You gave me my life, you did," He insisted when Summerset made a protesting sound. "And I worked-in… — Nora Roberts
There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of man-made evolution, every dog is still only two… — Neil Gaiman
Already all confusion. Things and imaginings. As of always. Confusion amounting to nothing. Despite precautions. If only she could be pure figment. Unalloyed. This old… — Samuel Beckett
Perhaps the new dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises; and then, unvanquished Man will retrace his path of… — Rabindranath Tagore
Elsewhere the paper notes that vegetarians and vegans (including athletes) 'meet and exceed requirements' for protein. And, to render the whole we-should-worry-about-getting-enough-protein-and-therefore-eat-meat idea even more… — Jonathan Safran Foer
For Adam, screwed-up bonding thing or not, I’d wait forever. “Really?” he asked in a tone I’d never heard from him before. Softer. Vulnerable. Adam… — Patricia Briggs
Filipinos are not a reading people, and despite the compulsory course on the life and works of Rizal today, from the elementary to the university… — Ambeth R. Ocampo
The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be… — Raymond E. Feist
Despite the aweful paparazzi drama that people seem to believe, i am still just like you...i obsess over hot guys, get told what to do,… — Miley Cyrus
Despite everything, I can’t bear the thought of this ring being lost forever, any more than I can bear the thought of leaving you forever.… — Cassandra Clare
Do you hate me because I have magic?" "Of course not." "Do you love me despite my magic?" He thought a minute. "No. I love… — Terry Goodkind
She knew that it would not be easy to submit to his miserliness, or the foolishness of his premature appearance of age, or his maniacal… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults. — William Faulkner
Vic nudged my elbow with his. "You and me are still friends, right? You guys get a joint custody in the divorce. Generous visitations rights."… — Claudia Gray

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