Dire Quotes

126 Dire quotes by 120 unique authors

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
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things,... — Alexander Pope
You look so out of your element. (Savitar) I am out of my element. Much like you in a Seattle Goth club. (Acheron) I’m never… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make… — Kelley Armstrong
When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always… — Pittacus Lore
Hermione, will you please —” “Don’t you tell me what to do, Harry Potter!” she screeched. “Don’t you dare! Give it back now! And YOU!”… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Lord Nicholas St. John was their only hope, and she had been on the roof when he arrived, for heaven's sake. Ladies did not go… — Sarah MacLean
Addictions [...] started out like magical pets, pocket monsters. They did extraordinary tricks, showed you things you hadn't seen, were fun. But came, through some… — William Gibson
It began as most thing begin. Not on a dark and stormy night. Not foreshadowed by ominous here comes the villain music, dire warning at… — Karen Marie Moning
He was not used to the smell of dragon breath, which is best described as a combination of the stench of burning rubber and the… — Angie Sage
Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who did not belong. She knew from… — Laura Esquivel
I was generally pro-bat, except when I was trekking through the dark trying not to think about the dire fate of every horror movie character… — Rosemary Clement-Moore
If you're going to play what-if --which, by the way, is a huge waste of time and energy, not to mention an act of supreme,… — Jefferson Bass
It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a… — Sijie Dai
Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden! Dire deeds awake, dark is it eastward. Let horse be bridled, horn be sounded! Forth Eorlingas! — J.R.R. Tolkien
The UN special envoy on food called it a 'crime against humanity' to funnel 100 million tons of grain and corn to ethanol when almost… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Evil is nothing but a word, an objectification where no objectification is necessary. Cast aside this notion of some external agency as the source of… — Steven Erikson
And you wish to protect a beautiful princess, with whom you have fallen in love. But do you understand how dire the situation is? He… — Jessica Day George
It was such a depressing time. I didn't look very depressed, maybe, but it was really dire. I made a conscious decision not to stop,… — Zaha Hadid
As somebody who visits countless schools, I see firsthand the dire situation our educational system faces. — Jarrett J. Krosoczka
What made me decide to run was the dire state of the economy and the non-leadership of President Obama. At that point in time, my… — Kesha Rogers

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