People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.
The spirit of the kingdom undermines its defenses. People will rise against the king. A new peace is made; holy laws deteriorate. Paris has never before found herself in such dire straits.
Desperate times call for desperate analogies.
We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.
My favourite dish is pollo ajillo; my favourite drink is a good Rioja with it. And as for my favourite music, oh God - there's so many things I like. Well, I'd say it's 'Walk of Life' by Dire Straits.
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn?" Marmeladov's question came suddenly into his mind "for every man must have somewhere to turn.
We can't constantly tell stories of heroes. We have to hear the other stories, too, about people in dire straits who make bad choices.
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
Where does a man go when there are no more corners to turn, when he's running out of hope, out of luck, out of time?
I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell.
High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate your thoughts. The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn't have a band to call my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.
Old-school Dire Straits songs are on heavy rotation: 'So Far Away,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and of course 'Sultans of Swing.'
We were caught in a hell of a trap.
Personally, I say, "Out of the frying pan and into the deadly pit filled with sharks who are wielding chainsaws with killer kittens stapled to them." However, that one's having a rough time catching on.
The purpose of this lectchoor is to let you know where we are. We are in the deep cack. It couldn't be worse if it was raining arseholes. Any questions?
