Doomed Quotes

455 quotes by 384 authors

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't. — Plato
Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles. — Og Mandino
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion...th at in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men… — Ayn Rand
Reality (i.e., the truth) is that there is a God in heaven. Reality is that He made us and we are accountable to Him. Reality… — Jim Berg
The only love that feels like love is the doomed kind. (Fun fact.) — Jenny Offill
Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy areas now subject… — Margaret Thatcher
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer,… — Marguerite Young
In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. — Irwin Shaw
If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off. — Jennifer O'Neill
If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don't learn how to unhappily coexist and… — Amos Oz
We are doomed to coexist. — Henry A. Kissinger
Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster. Writing has to… — Terrence McNally
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director was someone who… — Terrence McNally
We are all doomed to seek our own happiness; we can't help ourselves. We are all, the cruel and the gentle alike, condemned to seeking… — Jesse Browner
A strategy that doesn't take into account resources is doomed to failure. — John C. Maxwell
But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the other men, all… — J D Salinger
[On Richard P. Feynman's live demonstration of the rigidity of the O-rings when cold that doomed the space shuttle Challenger, killing seven astronauts:] The public… — Freeman Dyson
Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so… — Jerry Brown
The power of our Muse lies in her meaninglessness. Even the style can turn one into a slave if one does not run away from… — Gueorgui Pinkhassov
In short, what the living wage is really about is not living standards, or even economics, but morality. Its advocates are basically opposed to the… — Paul Krugman

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