Sad Things Quotes - Page 2

• One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never know about. (from 'Celestial Navigation')

  Anne Tyler

  People, World, Navigation

  Anne Tyler (2012). “Celestial Navigation”, p.141, Random House

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• I cannot express the uneasiness caused in me by this intrusion of mystery and beauty into a room I had at last filled with myself to the point of paying no more attention to the room than to that self. The anesthetizing influence of habit having ceased, I would begin to have thoughts, and feelings, and they are such sad things.

  Marcel Proust

  Self, Feelings, Attention

  Marcel Proust (2003). “Swann's Way”, Viking Press

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• But it's a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.

  Emma Watson

  Mistake, Journey, Order

  FaceBook post by Emma Watson from Dec 21, 2012

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• The sad thing is that I feel so boring because 'Twilight' is literally how every conversation I have these days begins - whether it's someone I'm meeting for the first time or someone I just haven't seen in a while. The first thing I want to say to them is, 'It's insane! And, as a person, I can't do anything!'

  Kristen Stewart

  Twilight, Insane, Want

  Interview with Dennis Hopper, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2009.

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• Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Forever, Needs, Happens

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• The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.

  Gene Simmons

  Being Happy, Selfish, People

  "This much I know" by Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2004.

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• America's in deep trouble. We don't know what we're doing when it comes to devaluations and all of these countries all over the world, especially China. They're the best, the best ever at it. What they're doing to us is a very, very sad thing.

  Donald Trump

  Country, America, World

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

  Jake Roberts

  Entertainment

  "Jake 'The Snake' Roberts". Interview with Jon Robertson, www.ign.com. December 18, 2003.

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• I'm still an Apple person, but let's just say the magic aura is gone. In a way that was a sad thing to lose, but I feel better for it. It's just a machine now, not linked with any greater mission or mystique.

  Alex Gibney

  Feel Better, Apples, Magic

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

  Che Guevara

  Enemy

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• It is a sad thing to want for happiness, but it is a terrible thing to see another groping about blindly for it, when it is almost within the grasp.

  Theodore Dreiser

  Want, Terrible, Terrible Things

  Theodore Dreiser (2016). “Sister Carrie”, p.181, Theodore Dreiser

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• A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

  William Shakespeare

  Morning, Sorrow, Romeo And Juliet Love

  1595 Prince. Romeo andJuliet, act 5, sc.3, l.308-9.

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• The sad thing is that somehow, it is a type of event that mirrors the artist. You take it into account, and you're reminded in this specific case what the artist's work is about, what his life is like, and how life mirrors art.

  Massimiliano Gioni

  Art, Mirrors, Life Is Like

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It's a sad thing about politics that most people get power too late, in that they differ from ladies of easy virtue who get their pleasures too early.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  People, Too Late, Virtue

  Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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• It's a sad thing to watch your best friend turn into somebody you don't know anymore. Or even want to know.

  Robert Goolrick

  Watches, Want, Your Best Friend

  Robert Goolrick (2013). “Heading Out to Wonderful”, p.30, Algonquin Books

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• Do you know the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? A pessimist says ‘Oh dear, things can’t possibly get any worse.’ And an optimist says, ‘Don’t be so sad. Things can always get worse.

  Steven Galloway

  Differences, Pessimist, Optimist

  Steven Galloway (2009). “The Cellist of Sarajevo”, p.53, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Trying, Here And There, Forget

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “The Great Gatsby”, p.52, Atlântico Press

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• It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place. The thoroughly well-informed man--that is the modern ideal. And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.

  Oscar Wilde

  Pain, Struggle, Silly

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.20, GENERAL PRESS

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• The sad thing is that, even though we know our lives aren't working in certain areas, we are still afraid to change. We are locked into our comfort zone, no matter how self-destructive it may be. Yet, the only way to get out of our comfort zone and to be free of our problems and limitations is to get uncomfortable.

  Robert Anthony

  Change, Self, May

  Robert Anthony (2004). “Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want”, p.4, Morgan James Publishing

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• The sad thing is, I was discovering that you almost have to make a joke of being good to strangers. Up and down the country, these people doing their good deeds were doubtless being seen as slightly eccentric, when in reality and in an ideal world they should be deemed the most normal people of all.

  Danny Wallace

  Karma, Country, Reality

  Danny Wallace (2010). “Join Me”, p.159, Random House

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• I've had moments where I realize my body isn't going to withstand many more seasons, but I am very satisfied with my career and I am trying not to look at retirement as a sad thing.

  Cat Osterman

  Retirement, Careers, Trying

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• The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you’re always asked to do what you’ve already done.

  Jeremy Irons

  Done, Mines

  "Oscar, Tony, and Emmy Award-Winning Actor". The Academy Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.

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• It was a sad thing. I don't know how he learned that.

  Julian Sands

  Hollywood, Film, Know How

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• I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write.

  Anne Perry

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage.

  David Simon

  People, World, Littles

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