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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I find myself in sudden dire need to increase the potency of my charm spelling. — Kiersten White

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

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

What dire consequences to humanity lie in the contemptuous ignoring of Eastern problems! — Okakura Kakuzo

I don't follow," she said. "You and me . . . how 'bout it? Dire Straits? — Joe Hill

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

In real life, people in the most dire situations must cope through humor. — Tina Fey

Oh dire, dreadful death, you drag your heels.
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

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination. — George Meredith

New York is appalling, fantastically charmless and elaborately dire. — Henry James

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

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

And Magrat was sick all night just at the thought of it and had the dire rear. — Terry Pratchett

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire. — Bob Iger

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

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

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

Eternity! O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it? — James Joyce

Isn't it too late at night to begin something like this?"
"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

Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. — Walter Scott

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

For six nights, this nightmare has howled through my sleep, a dire warning. — Robin Hobb

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

So glistered the dire Snake , and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree Of Prohibition, root of all our woe. — John Milton

You weeel catch the korpa." "The what?" "The korpa!" I declared in dire tones. "Your private parts weeel shrink to nothink! — Leigh Bardugo