"The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless." ― Anne Lamott Topic(s): Hope Tags: never, reason More From Anne Lamott "When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens." "The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you’re only as well as you are." "I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I’m annoying, and a phony." More In Hope "I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone."― Gerald R. Ford "The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan."― Jared Diamond "It accumulates over the years and I’ve led so many bands of my own now and forced myself into new situations… You would hope that you play better and better – until you just get too feeble to do it anymore."― Andy Summers