Dire Times Quotes & Sayings

Examining case studies from around the world, Nik learned that failing to disciple the women in a movement had dire consequences in times of persecution. Ahmed said, "We learned that when the persecution becomes severe, and the men are killed or put in prison, our wives would be given over to the mosque or to the tribal leaders. Our children would have no one to teach them the way of Jesus. Within a short time, our movement would cease to exist." Joe added, "Ripken taught us that women are the key to the movement's future. — David Garrison

Think enough and you won't know anything. — Kenneth Patchen

Some of the best stuff can be written out of dire times — Izzy Stradlin

We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help. — John Sweeney

In times like these," he would say, "everyone becomes a sort of intellectual, as matters so dire demand to be thought through. That's the glory of these times. They have woken us up. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Beware of false positives: Personalities can affect the signals exhibited by liars. Consider — Max B. Powell

Such seem'd this Man, not all alive nor dead, Nor all asleep; in his extreme old age: His body was bent double, feet and head Coming together in their pilgrimage; As if some dire constraint of pain, or rage Of sickness felt by him in times long past, A more than human weight upon his frame had cast. — William Wordsworth

Economics is a social science, not a physical science. — Jim Stanford

In dire times of survival it's not uncommon for people to turn to their faith and that was also true for the men on the oil tanker Pendleton, which was cut in half by 60-foot waves during the hurricane. — Jim Whittaker

In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family. — John Lasseter

If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery. — Mikhail Bakunin

Heard once that in dire times when you need a sign, that's when they appear. — Drake

Nowadays we live in a world where poor teenagers are willing to maim and murder for a pair of tennis shoes or a designer coat; this is not a consequence of poverty. In dire situations of poverty at earlier times in our nation's history, it would have been unthinkable to the poor to murder someone for a luxury item. While it was common for individuals to steal or attack in the interests of acquiring resources - money, food or something as simple as a winter coat to ward off the cold - there was no value system in place that made a life less important than the material desire for an inessential object. — Bell Hooks

So many times during the day, Helen had seen a dark presence take hold of the prince, as though he was haunted by some dire purpose or secret too terrible to bear. As she stared up into his almond eyes, she saw it again, this time recognizing the darkness for what it was: the same abandonment she felt ripping her heart in pieces. — Aria Cunningham

Because sometimes, and this is really important, the worst possible thing imaginable leads you to the place you were meant to be all along. Even in the most dire of times, life gives you a reason to give thanks. — Brad Boney

I think many times news organizations, whether it's for lack of resources or something else, cover the headlines and don't follow up, even though the story continues for the people living there - they can't leave. I think it's critical that they do these follow-up stories to realize that there is still suffering, and the need is dire. — Carol Guzy

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

I do try to wash my face before I go to bed now, which I never really used to do. Sometimes, if it's really dire, I won't, but most times I get around to it, even if it's just with water. — Suki Waterhouse

Whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners to it. — Barack Obama

In dire times you can lose joy, but you can't lose hope. Hope is your guide. — Paulo Coelho

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past. — Bodhidharma

I find it strange that - at least in my take on it - the people who are the most alarmed about the dire times we live in are the ones who seem to be humorless, in their taste for poetry anyway. Humor is just an ingredient. It's always been in poetry. It kind of dropped out of poetry I think during the 19th and up to the mid-twentieth century. But it's found its way back. And it's simply an ingredient. — Billy Collins

If men's wages too have been depressed, if there literally aren't enough jobs, or enough money to pay for them (what with the dire need to pay CEOs so many more times more than anyone else, not to mention the precious shareholders), then the category 'woman' remains a useful one for the 'first fired, last hired' policy that has characterized the employment market for much of the last hundred years or so. — Nina Power

The first thing that struck me about contemporary music in general had been thatthere was not much interest in rhythm. — Elliott Carter