Hapless Quotes

27 Hapless quotes by 26 unique authors

The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of peace, social justice, equity, and… — James Wolfensohn
There were also the razor marks on her wrists and forearms, half a dozen per arm, not very deep, not very convincing really, just a… — Geoff Nicholson
There are those who condemn five in midfield as a negative tactic, but when a side's centre-backs are as hapless as Chris Perry and Hermann… — Matthew Engel
Today in America, unions have a secure place in our industrial life. Only a handful of reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions and… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings — stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again. — Greg Bear
. . . my pilot pointed to his left front and above, and looking in the direction he pointed, I saw a long dark brown… — James McCudden
Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm… — Samuel Johnson
Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery. — Homer
Streets teemed with hell's wretched souls. New dead with their gadgets and old dead from antiquity. Demons roamed the avenues and alleyways, tormenting hapless damned… — Larry Atchley Jr.
Myth is the practical metabolism of our soulish life, the logic of our obsessions and oversights for which we have no language or code. Myth… — Kenny Smith
In the modern-day world, where time is premium and battle for subsistence is unimaginably tough, the hapless common man simply gives in and pays the… — Shaffi Mather
Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray, A hapless lover courts thy lay, Thy soothing, fond complaining. — Robert Burns
Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless… — William Cowper
John F. Kennedy, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young Americans into political… — Hunter S. Thompson
On this hapless earth There 's small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart. — Hartley Coleridge
The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable. — Carroll O'Connor
My hapless peers with their lofty dreams--how I envy and despise them! I'm with the others, the even more hapless, who have no-one but themselves… — Fernando Pessoa
I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of… — William Blake
When is the last time you were a tourist?” she asked archly. He just looked at her. Charles, she had to agree, was not tourist… — Patricia Briggs
Sophia shrieked and fainted on the ground – I screamed and instantly ran mad. We remained thus mutually deprived of our senses, some minutes, and… — Jane Austen
A friend once told me that the real message Bram Stoker sought to convey in 'Dracula' is that a human being needs to live hundreds… — Joe Queenan
Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them. — Jonathan Stroud
Being compassionate towards hapless creatures is the most humane deed one could do to the nature, regardless of the size, shape or looks of the… — Ritu Ghatourey
Do not despair or think yourself a failed or hapless parent just because you happened to have a gay son or daughter. Avoid turning your… — Jean-Paul Malfatti
The law of karma is neither fatalistic nor punitive; nor is man a hapless, helpless victim in its bonds. God has blessed each one of… — J P VASWANI

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