Desperation Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

— James Thurber

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

— Henry David Thoreau

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation!

— Ray Milland

The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.

— Dizzy Gillespie

“Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation.”

— James Thurber

For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly.

— D.B.C. Pierre

Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation they cry…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is…

— Patty Griffin

There's a whole lot of songs that men just can't do. The words are from another time and represent too much of an emotional…

— Boz Scaggs

May my heart always be open to little birds, who are the secrets of living. Whatever they sing is better than to know. And…

— e. e. cummings

Some men are like ballads, that are in everyone's mouth a little while.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld