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Desperate Quotes - Page 3

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

Charles Mackay (1852). “Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”, p.67

Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is.

"Q & A with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails". Interview with Neala Johnson, www.heraldsun.com.au. May 16, 2007.

To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism.

Sylvia Plath (2011). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.163, Faber & Faber

For to be desperate is to discover strength. / We die of comfort and by conflict live.

May Sarton (2014). “Cloud, Stone, Sun, Vine: Poems Selected and New”, p.101, Open Road Media

But desperate people find courage.

Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.315, Penguin

Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.

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