“Know when to give up a lost cause. Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.” KnowsNeedsGivingLostCausesGiving UpDeserveLost Cause Author:L. Neil Smith
“Early America does not deserve to be considered uniquely, distinctly or even predominantly Christian... There is no lost Golden Age to which American Christians may return.” MayDoeAgeChristianAmericaLostAtheismReturnDeservePositive AtheismGoldenGolden Age Author:Mark Noll
“This rose became a bandanna, which became a house, which became infused with all passion, which became a hideaway, which became yes I would like to have dinner, which became hands, which became lands, shores, beaches, natives on the stones, staring and wild beasts in the trees, chasing the hats of lost hunters, and all this deserves a tone.” HandsPassionHouseLostTreeLandDeserveStonesRoseDinnerBeachStaringToneBeastHatsShoreHuntersChasingWild Beasts Book:Days and Nights Source: Days and Nights
“I have a theory that among the large Western companies (mostly American) the higher an executive is promoted, the more wisdom is lost and by the time he or she reaches the top becomes a complete idiot. Certainly they do not deserve the outrageous salary.” LostCompanyTheoryHigherDeserveWesternIdiotExecutivesSalaryOutrageous Author:Masaaki Imai
“Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.” LongGovernmentAmericaLostBornLibertyAcceptingStreetsRevolutionDeservePoliceMindsetWelcomeCardsProtestHeritageComplacencyAutomobileIdentificationMistrustSubservientCheckpoints Author:Ron Paul
“How rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve? How hopelessly we signal; how dark the sky; how big the waves. We are all lost at sea, washed between hope and despair, hailing something that may never come to rescue us.” MayBigsSeemsLostDarkEmotionSeaSkyObjectsDespairDeserveWaveRescueSignalsHope And DespairLost At Sea Author:Julian Barnes
“Because I’ve lost my children, too, and I know the ache that lives inside the heart that no amount of solace or alcohol will squelch. I know what it’s like to have the powers of a god and to not be able to hold the one thing that means the most to me. And if you think for one minute that I would ever serve that to another being, even Artemis, who I’d like to torture for eternity, then go ahead and call down your army on me. I would deserve whatever death they give. (Sin)” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingHeartMeanChildrenAbleLostSinOne ThingMinutesAmountDeserveEternityArmyAlcoholMy ChildrenTortureAcheSolaceOne MinuteArtemis Book:Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel Source: Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel
“Not merely hope, but any burdensome yearning: ambition, hatred, love (especially love) - how rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve? How hopelessly we signal; how dark the sky; how big the waves. We are all lost at see, washed between hope and despair, hailing something that may never come to rescue us. Catastrophe has become art; but this is no reducing process. It is freeing, enlarging, explaining. Catastrophe has become art: that is, after all, what it is for.” MayArtBigsSeemsLostProcessDarkEmotionSkyObjectsDespairAmbitionDeserveHatredWaveYearningRescueCatastropheSignalsExplainingReducingHope And DespairHatred For Love Book:A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters Source: A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters
“But what if it were you? What if you were stuffed in a human body and let loose on this planet only to find yourself lost among your own kind? What if you were such a good person that you tried to save the life that you'd taken that you almost died trying to get her back to her family? What if you then found yourself surrounded by violent aliens who hated you and tried to hurt you and tried to murder you over and over again? What if you just kept doing whatever you could to save and heal people despite that? Wouldn't you deserve a life too? Wouldn't you have earned that much?” PeopleIfsTryingHumansKindPersonsBodyFoundLostHurtTakenPlanetsDeserveMurderDiedViolentHealDespiteAliensHatedFinding YourselfWhat IfHuman BodyGood Person Author:Stephenie Meyer
“Brothers always. Balthazar is with us too. We make this work,' Finnikin said fiercely. 'We bring peace to these kingdoms. We deserve it. Our women do. All of us have lost too much, Froi. We've lost the joy of being children. Let's not take that from Jasmina and Tariq and those who come after them” ChildrenSaidJoyLostToo MuchBrotherDeserveKingdoms Author:Melina Marchetta