Quotes with desperate

  • Sadism is not an infectious disease that strikes a person all of a sudden. It has a long prehistory in childhood and always originates in the desperate fantasies of a child who is searching for a way out of a hopeless situation.

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  • William Shakespeare Tempt not a desperate man.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Henry David Thoreau It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bill Bryson Clearly, some time ago makers and consumers of American junk food passed jointly through some kind of sensibility barrier in the endless quest for new taste sensations. Now they are a little like those desperate junkies who have tried every known drug and are finally reduced to mainlining toilet bowl cleanser in an effort to get still higher.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton "My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton ''My country, right or wrong'' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ''My mother, drunk or sober.''
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • William Blake All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Bobby Charlton Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.
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  • William Cowper Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, j live till tomorrow, will have pass'd away.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Lewis Mumford Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.
    Lewis Mumford
    American social philosopher (1895 - 1990)
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  • Calvin Harris From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back.
    Calvin Harris
    Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter (1984 - )
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  • Brooke Burke I don't want to say, 'This is where I'm going to be in five years and I'm going to get there no matter what.' I want to leave it open. I'm not a desperate actress dying to star in a B movie in a bikini.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Brooke Burke I don't want to say, 'This is where Im going to be in five years and Im going to get there no matter what.' I want to leave it open. I'm not a desperate actress dying to star in a B movie in a bikini.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Brooke Shields I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Augusten Burroughs I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Bruce Cockburn I want to raise every voice
    At least I got to try
    Every time I think about it
    Water rises to my eyes
    Situation desperate
    Echoes of the victims cry
    If I had a rocket launcher
    If I had a rocket launcher
    If I had a rocket launcher
    Some son of a bitch would die
    Stealing Fire (1984) If I Had a Rocket Launcher, Track 8
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Carmen Busquets Investors are impatient and they are also desperate for the 'next big thing,' and they are not paying attention to the fact that the 'next big thing' can be an economic crisis that they have created by being very irresponsible with their power.
    Carmen Busquets
    Venezuelan entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor (1965 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Thomas Jefferson It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate - to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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