"Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting……" — Tennessee Williams
"Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence."
More Desperately Quotes
- Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that… — Russell Baker
- I will never say never, but I will say never to doing the more typical romantic comedies. You know, unless… — Christian Bale
- I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not… — Alan Ball
- Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs. — Alton Brown
- I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so… — Eric Cantor
- The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost… — Jimmy Carr
- All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be… — Charlie Chaplin
- ...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out… — Ed Koch
- Non-violence is very weak in the theoretical sense; it cannot defend itself. But it is most powerful in the action… — Cesar Chavez
- The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible. — Abraham Lincoln
- I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a… — Victoria Pratt
- 'I thought I could live my life without you,' she says, trying desperately to hold back her tears. 'I can't.… — Mike Gayle