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Quote Left The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. Quote Right
Quote Left We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left Thoreau once said most men lead lives of quiet desperation... Don't be resigned to that. LIVE LIFE! Quote Right
Quote Left Just because he stands with Zell Miller and campaigns in a Democratic county, it doesn't make you a friend of Democrats, ... It shows a sign of desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left But then just days after it came out, I began to get calls and letters from all over the country saying what a fantastic breakthrough format in journalism. I thought, Jesus Christ . . . I guess I shouldn't say anything. In a way it was an almost accidental breakthrough --- a whole new style of journalism which now passes for whatever Gonzo is . . . accidental and desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left People think it's all about misery and desperation and death and all that shit which is not to be ignored, but what they forget is the pleasure of it. Otherwise we wouldn't do it. After all, we're not fucking stupid. At least, we're not that fucking stupid. Quote Right
Quote Left Anagrams: Dormitory = Dirty Room Evangelist = Evil's Agent Desperation = A Rope Ends It The Morse Code = Here Come Dots Slot Machines = Cash Lots in 'em Mother-in-law = Woman Hitler Snooze Alarm = Alas! No More Z's A Decimal Point = I'm a Dot in Place Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one Quote Right
Quote Left Many books today suggest that the mass of women lead lives of noisy desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention. Quote Right
Quote Left Exaggeration follows desperation Quote Right
Quote Left Whenever you go into a situation where it could be your last play, there's a sense of desperation. I definitely feel it, and I try to encourage my teammates and lead by example. It doesn't matter how we do it, all that matters is we get it done. Quote Right
Quote Left Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left The question is whether they've reached a depth Of desperation that would warrant poetry's... Quote Right
Quote Left The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Life Quote Right
Quote Left Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. Quote Right
Quote Left My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate. Quote Right
Quote Left Your central self is totally untouched By grief, confusion, desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us... Quote Right
Quote Left The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition. Quote Right
Quote Left Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Quote Right
Quote Left The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Quote Right
Quote Left The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it. Quote Right
Quote Left Brilliance is born of desperation. Quote Right

Member Quotes About Desperation

Quote Left Will the merciful Lord strengthen me when dreariness abounds and desperation revokes hopelessness? Only when my weakness becomes strength: I can rely on myself, not on others who may mock me, thinking it's foolishness. Success in everything cannot be achieved. Avoid stubbornness and settle for a simple life, never recurring to want more than need. Quote Right
Quote Left Every human heart gets bigger when it sees and feels the desperation of the wretched in a tragedy. Quote Right
Quote Left Man, who came down to the point of desperation, no longer wants to change the world. Quote Right
Quote Left Desperation is the common greatest founder of most horrible mistakes Quote Right

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