Desperation Quotes

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

– Harlan Coben

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

– Henry David Thoreau

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

– James Thurber

A lot of people didn’t feel attracted to Labour, so they voted in desperation for other things.

– Jeremy Corbyn

I sort of got into Westerns… It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn’t go very well, and I just realised that I would have to try something else.

– James Stewart

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

– Anthony Burgess

Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.

– Anthony Lewis

If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go to heaven than go to purgatory.

– Charles Spurgeon

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

– Douglas Coupland

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

– Ruth Benedict

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

– Tony Robbins

I’ve always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there’s a desperation to their plight that resonates.

– Tad Williams

There’s nothing like desperation to sharpen your sense of focus.

– Thomas Newman