Dire Quotes

126 quotes by 120 authors

If animals had a Pope," Major Thompson said to me, "their Vatican would be in London. And if by some dire submarine cataclysm that noble… — Pierre Daninos
Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. — Walter Scott
If I've learned anything in the more than 50 years that I've led MDA, it's that the generosity of the American people knows no bounds.… — Jerry Lewis
This writer, who is horribly perspicacious and vigorous, demonstrates the certainty of a great European war, and regards it with the peculiar satisfaction excited by… — George Gissing
People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he… — Henry Louis Gates
In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest. I flew over it 13 years ago and realized that, basically, all… — Jane Goodall
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. — Euripides
I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that… — Paloma Faith
My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy,… — Naveen Jain
Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it… — William James
The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family. — John Lasseter
When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People… — Anne M. Mulcahy
Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful… — Thomas Szasz
Five hours' New York jet lag and Cayce Pollard wakes in Camden Town to the dire and ever-circling wolves of disrupted circadian rhythm. — William Gibson
It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go together except in dire emergencies, if… — Mario Puzo
When I remember that dizzy summer, that dull, stupid, lovely, dire summer, it seems that in those days I ate my lunches, smelled another's skin,… — Michael Chabon
High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate your… — Yann Martel
The economy is after all driven by people. No matter how dire the situation may be, as long as people are firm, a turnaround, revival… — Daisaku Ikeda
Gu was a worrier, a neurotic curmudgeon. If he had a headache, it was a brain tumor; if it looked like rain, this year's harvest… — Max Brooks

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