Sad Man Quotes

• Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Happiness, Sad

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• Every man has his secret sorrows.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Sad, Depression, Being Happy

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  How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Sad, Father

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 11, 2016

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• A sad man, is man with the lights turned off.

  Arsenie Boca

  Men, Light, Turned Off

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• Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.

  Daniel Handler

  Writing, Men, Tales

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• It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Men, Skins, Company

  Song: Better Days, Album: Lucky Town, 1992

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• I think I'm probably a very sad man wrapped in a very joyful package, and I think I'm very resilient, and I think I'm quite generous, sometimes to a fault. And I'm very bad with money, but I don't see that too much of a flaw.

  Dave Matthews

  Men, Thinking, Too Much

  "Q&A with Dave Matthews ahead of his 'concert and conversation' with the Dalai Lama". Interview with Marian Liu, www.seattletimes.com. April 11, 2008.

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• My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I’m not a sad man, and I don’t believe I sadden anyone else. In other words, the fact that I don’t put my philosophy into practice saves me from its evil spell, or, rather, my faith in the human race is stronger then my intellectual analysis of it; there lies the fountain of youth in which my heart is continually bathing.

  Antonio Machado

  Philosophy, Lying, Believe

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• Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth.

  John Steinbeck

  Sadness, Men, Mouths

  John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.42, Hamilton Books

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• My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

  Alvin Ailey

  Men, Lasting Impressions, Truman

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• My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I'm not a sad man, and I don't believe I sadden anyone else.

  Antonio Machado

  Philosophy, Believe, Sadness

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• I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.

  Barry Hannah

  Men, Thoughtful, Afternoon

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• Sometimes I see players that think, and you can tell they're thinking of the next phrase to play or the next thing to do, the next little cute trick, and that's sad, man, you know. That's not makin' music; that's puttin' together puzzles, you know. Music should flow from you and it should be a force; it should be feeling, all feeling, man.

  Sonny Sharrock

  Cute, Music, Player

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• But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin And can't stand the company. Every fool's got a reason to feelin' sorry for himself And turn his heart to stone. Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell And I feel like I'm comin' home.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Sorry, Home, Heart

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