quotes about Desperate Times

last updated: November 28, 2023

Desperate times call for desperate analogies.
-- John Diamond

Source : Obert Skye, Ben Sowards (2007). “The Whispered Secret”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

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That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.
-- Suzanne Collins

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“The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.”
“Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern.”
“Anything thatâ€™s too safe is not action.”
“There are no failures - only feedback.”
“The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.”
“I believe in using words, not fists.”
“In the years just before... during the Carter years, the Soviets regularly violated, if you will, both the spirit and theletter of arms control agreements, I think, that they had negotiated during the period of detente.”
“I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.”
“Hey, is that you Elvis? I wanna speak to the Colonel. Jump to it, you mother.”
“To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.”

Source : Anne Carson (2014). “Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay”, p.11, Princeton University Press