Dire Quotes

126 quotes by 120 authors

I want you to back yourself into a corner. Give yourself no choice but to succeed. Let the consequences of failure become so dire and… — Jordan Belfort
Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire. — Bob Iger
I doubt if there is one married person on earth who can be objective about divorce. It is always a threat, admittedly or not, and… — Nora Johnson
Anyone wanting to proclaim the glory of Christ to the ends of the earth must consider not only how to declare the gospel verbally but… — David Platt
Baseball has always been slow to accept change. Only through dire pressure can any radical change be accomplished. The move of the Giants and Dodgers… — Ford Frick
The most dire of all of life's grueling deceptions wedge themselves in in our minds between truth and perceptions. — Wes Fesler
Of course, tax revenues have ended up being substantially higher than they were at the time these dire projections were made, and we are very… — Charles M. Vest
There is always something to worry about. Avoid weekend thinking and ignoring the latest dire predictions of the newscasters. Sell a stock because the company's… — Peter Lynch
This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country,… — John Doolittle
Never has our nation , or our world, stood on the precipice of adversity in such dire need of men answering the cry to rule… — Tony Evans
A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands… — John Milton
Whenever calamity howlers shake their heads and impress upon you that this, that, and the next dire catastrophe is to befall this nation or the… — B. C. Forbes
It is with pain that I read of the dire effects of my book upon the minds of young girls. — Mary MacLane
Heatstroke is an important and useful addition to the library on climate change, bringing insights from deep-time ecological research to help illuminate the dire forecasts… — David Quammen
I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there's a real lightheartednes s about just the recoverability of… — Alice Walker
Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option. — Warren Adler
Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots rag'd: dire was the noise Of conflict. — John Milton
Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism… — Evan Bayh
On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dÃ©pens de sa mÃ©moire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory). — Alain-Rene Lesage
Now when I hear about someone's illness, no matter what dire their predicament seems to be, I know that if they're willing to do the… — Louise Hay

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