“Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.”

—  Colin Farrell

2008-10-11, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival." by Colin Farrell?
Colin Farrell photo
Colin Farrell3
Irish actor 1976

Related quotes

Glen Cook photo

“Desperate people will do what they must to survive. Only a fool would expect the results to be pretty.”

Glen Cook book Water Sleeps

Source: Water Sleeps (1999), Chapter 6 (p. 31)

Daniel Abraham photo

“Desperate psychotic people do desperate psychotic things when they’re exposed. I refuse to grant them immunity from exposure out of fear of their reaction. When you do, the desperate psychos wind up in charge.”

Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States

Source: Caliban's War (2012), Chapter 42 (p. 463)

Henry David Thoreau photo

“But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

Lewis Mumford photo

“Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival”

Lewis Mumford book The City in History

Source: The City in History (1961), Ch. 18
Context: Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.

Chris Rock photo

“On Desperate Housewives: I think they should change the name of that show from Desperate Housewives…to Ungrateful Bitches! You all are hoes bitch!”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

Kill the Messenger (2008)

Charles Fort photo

“The fittest survive.
What is meant by the fittest?
Not the strongest; not the cleverest —
Weakness and stupidity everywhere survive.
There is no way of determining fitness except in that a thing does survive.
"Fitness," then, is only another name for "survival."”

Charles Fort (1874–1932) American writer

Darwinism:
That survivors survive.
Source: The Book of The Damned (1919), Ch. 3, part 1 at resologist.net

Agatha Christie photo

“Ah, but it is incredible how often things force one to do the thing one would like to do.”

Agatha Christie book Death in the Clouds

Death in the Clouds (1935)

Mariko Tamaki photo

“Comics allow you to really subtly do those different perspectives without necessarily telling you explicitly what anyone is thinking, just what they’re saying or what they’re doing, which is incredibly valuable I think in storytelling.”

Mariko Tamaki (1975) Canadian writer and artist

On comic storytelling in "In Conversation with Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki" https://roommagazine.com/interview/conversation-jillian-tamaki-mariko-tamaki in Room Magazine (June 2015)

James Frey photo

“Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.”

James Frey book The Final Testament of the Holy Bible

Source: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible

Related topics