Dire Quotes
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The most dire of all of life's grueling deceptions wedge themselves in in our minds between truth and perceptions.
— Wes Fesler
Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option.
— Warren Adler
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
— Euripides
I think I'd much rather have a wooden stick and metallic ball than a real dire wolf on set.
— Richard Madden
Russell looked as though he were in very dire need of a trip to the bathroom.
— Christopher Andrews
As somebody who visits countless schools, I see firsthand the dire situation our educational system faces.
— Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Reason why scars form is to show that man can survive his own stupidity" Anastasius Focht talking to Phelan Kell on the Dire Wolf
— Michael A. Stackpole
When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.
— Pittacus Lore
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things, ... — Alexander Pope
What mighty contests rise from trivial things, ... — Alexander Pope
I am tremendously inspired by many women around the world who work under dire circumstances to make a difference for their families.
— Joyce Banda
On the one hand, the reality is dire, on the other, reality is always false, it is a mask covering what is coming up underneath.
— Lee Maracle
After all, getting everything you wish for is nearly as dire a curse as having all your dreams come true.
— Mark Lawrence
Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.
— Nic Pizzolatto
Drastic times called for drastic measures. These were drastic measures. These were drastic times, and he was in dire need of some shut-the-fuck-up.
— Kindle Alexander
Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable men's names. — John Milton
And airy tongues that syllable men's names. — John Milton
That struggle was too strong,
hateful and long-lasting, which had come on the people,
dire wrack and ruin - the greatest of night-evils. — Burton Raffel
hateful and long-lasting, which had come on the people,
dire wrack and ruin - the greatest of night-evils. — Burton Raffel
What a dire time to be attracted to men.
— Kathie Lee Gifford
We have a dire need to get onto the page as a sustainable country
— Digby Jones, Baron Jones Of Birmingham
Whose tale more sad than thine, whose lot more dire? O Oedipus, discrowned head, Thy cradle was thy marriage bed.
— Sophocles
Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.
— Jonathan Swift
It is with pain that I read of the dire effects of my book upon the minds of young girls.
— Mary MacLane
We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help.
— John Sweeney
The situation could not possibly be as dire as it seemed or they would all be dead.
— Neal Stephenson
The only legitimate excuse you could have for having a baby in those dire, war torn, famine struck conditions - would be to eat it.
— Doug Stanhope
I don't really think of Dire Straits as a sound, you know. It. just depends on the song, and the stuff we're doing is so varied.
— Mark Knopfler
Christians don't seem to be as aware of, or as sensitive to, the dire state of humanity as they are about the pleasant growth of their Christian walk.
— Larry Norman
What dire consequences to humanity lie in the contemptuous ignoring of Eastern problems!
— Okakura Kakuzo
In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.
— John Lasseter
Hopelessness kills. Numerous studies in humans show that we can die as a result of dire beliefs and a sense of overwhelming futility.
— Larry Dossey
it's in the genes
— Lois Denny
Oh dire, dreadful death, you drag your heels.
Why dawdle and draw back? You drown my heart. — Simon Armitage
Why dawdle and draw back? You drown my heart. — Simon Armitage
Three witches and a werewolf. If this wasn't so dire, it'd make one hell of a good joke.
— Ellis Leigh
The song is sung, the wine is spilled, the wench is pregnant. And this is not as dire as it seems, in truth.
— George R R Martin
Was none who would be foremost
To lead such dire attack;
But those behind cried "Forward!"
And those before cried "Back! — Thomas B. Macaulay
To lead such dire attack;
But those behind cried "Forward!"
And those before cried "Back! — Thomas B. Macaulay
The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.
— George Meredith
If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Maneker says the AAMD's guidelines are reasonable under normal circumstances, but not if a museum is in dire straits.
— Anonymous
There was a point in time when I was in dire need of changing the way the model agency was working.
— Carol Alt
Serena had to cross her legs: in moments of dire amusement her bladder tended to play tricks.
— A.P.
Whether your situation is dire or stable often depends on your point of view. Exploring different vantage points can give you valuable perspective.
— Ron Lizzi
Some of the best stuff can be written out of dire times
— Izzy Stradlin
I came, he said.
Good Lord! If there were an orator-of-the-year award, he would be in dire danger of winning it. — Mary Balogh
Good Lord! If there were an orator-of-the-year award, he would be in dire danger of winning it. — Mary Balogh
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.
— Eric Clapton
I always try to be a champion of social change and anything that brings awareness to a really dire situation.
— Kenna
I see dog stories as an antidote to the dire news that nothing is ever going to get better.
— Bruce Cameron
O tyrant love, when held by you,
We may to prudence bid adieu.
[Fr., Amour! Amour! quand tu nous tiens
On peut bien dire, Adieu, prudence.] — Jean De La Fontaine
We may to prudence bid adieu.
[Fr., Amour! Amour! quand tu nous tiens
On peut bien dire, Adieu, prudence.] — Jean De La Fontaine
Legionares are not afraid of dinner," Max growled, giving the taurg a dire glare. "Dinner is afraid of legionares.
— Jim Butcher
Even apocalypse looks less dire when viewed over a plate of bacon.
— Stephanie Stamm
Even on this level, it is at bottom not deception [men] hate but the dire, inimical consequences of certain kinds of deception
— Friedrich Nietzsche
HIs riders knew most of this, even if they did not see it with the dire clarity Corlath was forced to ...
— Robin McKinley
It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go together except in dire emergencies, if then.
— Mario Puzo
It was no wonder my love life was so messed up when the most profound and intimate moments were always being interrupted by dire situations
— Richelle Mead
Sporks are only used in the most dire situations.
— Jennifer L. Armentrout
Troubles may ofttimes be so dire that they cannot get better. But they are never so dire that they still cannot get worse.
— Sharon Kay Penman
I won't go with you," Allan told me.
I scowled. "No one asked you to come."
He looked offended in a rather dire way. "Who will entertain you? — A.C. Gaughen
I scowled. "No one asked you to come."
He looked offended in a rather dire way. "Who will entertain you? — A.C. Gaughen
Spirit world in dire need of your happiness.
— Paulo Coelho
There was something magnificent in dire tragedy, in the terror of it, in the necessity which it laid upon everybody to behave nobly and efficiently.
— Arnold Bennett
Isn't it too late at night to begin something like this?"
"Not when one has a dire case of imagine-somnia. — Lisa Kleypas
"Not when one has a dire case of imagine-somnia. — Lisa Kleypas
Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots rag'd: dire was the noise Of conflict.
— John Milton
And evolution wasn't even properly invented until the late 1800s. Is that enough time to get a Labrador retriever from a dire wolf? I think not.
— Bobby Henderson
Five hours' New York jet lag and Cayce Pollard wakes in Camden Town to the dire and ever-circling wolves of disrupted circadian rhythm.
— William Gibson
The winter was blasting its cold winds of dire portent into the tender face of springtime.
— Stefano Benni
When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony.
— Helen Nielsen
How one responds in these dire circumstances says a lot about one's faith and the strength of one's beliefs.
— Tim Hiller
Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like 'Brothers in Arms' and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.
— Alexei Sayle
Juliet, the dice were loaded from the start. / When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
— Mark Knopfler
Never has our nation , or our world, stood on the precipice of adversity in such dire need of men answering the cry to rule well.
— Tony Evans
From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow.
— Joseph Addison
I have a confession to make.
I hate voir dire.
I despise prying into other people's lives because I wouldn't want them prying into mine. — Paul Levine
I hate voir dire.
I despise prying into other people's lives because I wouldn't want them prying into mine. — Paul Levine