Quotes of: Dire Keyword

The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers.

Barbara Boxer

Lt. Col. Bill Cage: [in dire situation] We've been through worse.

Edge of Tomorrow

Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option.

Warren Adler

Il y avait des hommes si ambitieux qu'ils auraient torché les chefs, pour les entendre seulement dire merci.

Germinal

Quando la gente odia con tanta foga, vuol dire che odia qualcosa che ha dentro di sé.

Brideshead Revisited

The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.

Cynthia McKinney

Dire .. que l'homme est constitué de certains éléments chimiques est une description ne convenant qu'à ceux dont l'intention est de l'utiliser comme engrais.

Edmund W. Sinnott

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

Nic Pizzolatto

Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having hits, it suggests that there's a revolution going on in music.

Bonnie Raitt

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.

Barbara Mikulski

Stupid dire warnings of imminent doom. They always put me in a bad mood.

The Hole Behind Midnight

What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things,...

The Rape of the Lock

Serena had to cross her legs: in moments of dire amusement her bladder tended to play tricks.

Sabine

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Wars don't happen on battlefields; they go on happening in people's hearts for generations and generations, and the ecological damage is unfathomably complex and dire.

Michael Leunig

This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world.

John Doolittle

The lack of free, child-directed play time for our kids today will have dire consequences for these future leaders, making them less prepared to solve complex challenges and problems.

Darell Hammond

When I was 14, I saw 'Waiting for Godot.' It's one of those plays that if it's done badly is absolutely dire and can put you off acting for life. But I was laughing all the way through it.

Kit Harington

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

Eric Clapton

La solitude est une belle chose; mais il faut quelqu'un pour vous dire que la solitude est une belle chose.

Honore de Balzac