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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
Variant: He recalled Dr. Sarvis' favorite apothegm: When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
Source: The Monkey Wrench Gang
Source: The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances
“It is a pity that this faithful youth is sacrificed in a hopeless situation.”
Quoted in "The Second World War: A Complete History" - Page 585 - by Sir Martin Gilbert - History - 2004
“When there's nothing you can do except worry, that's a good time to worry.”
Kiera the Thief, in Orca (1996), Ch. 14
“That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.”
letter to Bill Vogt, 21 January 1946, quoted in Curt Meine, Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work, p. 478.
1940s
“Nothing is insoluble. Nothing is hopeless. Not while there's life.”
Source: Watchmen
“Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.”
Source: Chicken Soup for the Soul
Source: 1920s, Sceptical Essays (1928), Ch. 17: Some Prospects: Cheerful and Otherwise
“There is nothing about a bad situation that fourteen hyper cheerleaders can't worsen.”
Source: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
