Dire Quotes

126 Dire quotes by 120 unique authors

Christians don't seem to be as aware of, or as sensitive to, the dire state of humanity as they are about the pleasant growth of… — Larry Norman
Wars don't happen on battlefields; they go on happening in people's hearts for generations and generations, and the ecological damage is unfathomably complex and dire. — Michael Leunig
I turn my eyes to the schools & universities of Europe And there behold the loom of Locke whose woof rages dire, Washed by the… — William Blake
MoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any… — Bob Barr
For men to focus on controlling women's reproduction to solve a society's problems seems nothing short of mad or, at best, superstitious. But men's superstition… — Marilyn French
The interesting thing about the China story, getting back to the macro and micro, and as dire as I think the macro story is -… — James Chanos
Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And,… — Nina Fedoroff
While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family life and the… — Pope Francis
The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans and the last thing we need to do is to spend… — Cynthia McKinney
Letters to the editors of English and American newspapers often contain expressions of horror about the new terms that creep into the language, and these… — Peter Farb
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

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