When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely. Votes: 2
Margaret AtwoodI have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. Votes: 2
Brendan BehanOn a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey. Votes: 2
Karl Philipp MoritzEverything was eternally dreary, dismal, damned. Even the weather was insolent and bitchy." Votes: 1
Charles BukowskiWhoso beset him roundWith dismal storiesDo but themselves confound;His strength the more is." Votes: 1
John BunyanWe are indeed miserable, my friends, but we don't have to be dismal about it." Votes: 1
Brian HerbertMy life has become a dismal sigh fettered by pangs of grief and anguished weeping." Votes: 1
Richelle E. GoodrichTen minutes of careful searching later, Maelyn faced the dismal truth - she was bookless." Votes: 1
Anita ValleOn a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey." Votes: 1
Karl Philipp MoritzMy education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers. Votes: 0
Woody AllenWe must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life. Votes: 0
Northrop Frye