Dire Quotes

126 Dire quotes by 120 unique authors

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 dépens de sa mémoire (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
By 2030 the demand for resources will create a crisis with dire consequences. Demand for food and energy will jump 50% by 2030 and for… — John Beddington
I thing for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. You see the statistics, and the dropoff on the second… — Ava DuVernay
On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who… — Michael McCaul
Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git. — Alexei Sayle
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of insecurity, with dire… — Pope Francis
In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified.... All three were crucified for the same crime-the crime of extremism. Two were extremists… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some of the best stuff can be written out of dire times — Izzy Stradlin
New York is appalling, fantastically charmless and elaborately dire. — Henry James
The bland assumption that the Church's life will continue to be fruitful so long as we go on praying and cultivating our souls, irrespective of… — Harry Blamires
Fantasy for me as a kid was real, and I had a fantasy about what life was, whether it was sort of wicked and dire,… — Diana Wynne Jones

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