"There are no hopeless situations;
there are only men who have
grown hopeless about them."
Clare Booth Luce, 1903-1987
AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT
2007-05-07 09:15:53 · 10 answers · asked by seth_nightlord777 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No.
Try playing a game of Spades and going "Blind Nil" and picking up your hand to find the Ace of Spades. That's about as hopeless as a situation gets.
2007-05-07 09:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by open4one 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
umm...the quote has a few flaws.
i agree that there are no hopeless situations, but would you categorize death as a non-hopeless situation?
"there are men who have grown hopeless about 'THEM'"
So what it's saying is the men have grown hopeless about themselves, which has nothing to do with the situation. It has to do with the person, not the situation.
So which is it? the quote needs to say:
"There are no hopeless situations, only men who have grown hopeless, to see a situation as such."
2007-05-07 17:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by ..*Real-ality*.. 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the individual. Borodino and Waterloo would've happened no matter what the general outlook. Destiny has to be figured into it and who the person is. It isn't " impersonal '.
2007-05-07 16:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100%
2007-05-07 16:25:35 · answer #4 · answered by Riley S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I disagree with that as there are certain things that are beyond people's control such as death.
2007-05-07 17:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-05-08 02:18:38 · answer #6 · answered by RISHI 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no....
sometimes you FEEL hopeless while there is still hope.
sometimes you UNDERSTAND that this situation is hopeless...!!!
big difference dear
2007-05-07 18:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by PLUTO 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-05-07 16:40:11 · answer #8 · answered by Emily Ann 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree, yes.
2007-05-07 17:06:56 · answer #9 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-05-07 17:28:16 · answer #10 · answered by ar 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋