Suicidal Quotes - Page 14

• I think I have felt most profoundly that in our disruption of the most basic physical processes of creation, we are engaged not only in the act of suicidal self-destructiveness, but also in an act of thorough-going blasphemy.

  Bill McKibben

  Thinking, Self, Creation

  Source: theotherjournal.com

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• Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a child of theirs, where they're being proved guilty of some crime that would drive the parent into a depression, maybe a suicidal depression.

  Robert Nozick

  Suicide, Children, Philosophical

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• Almost all people suffer some form of intense inner pain at some times in their lives. The suffering might be depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or suicidal thoughts and it results from the battles we wage against our thoughts as we futilely try to get rid of our historie.

  Steven C. Hayes

  Pain, Self Esteem, People

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• It's politically impossible, as you know, for any member of Congress to make a public statement condemning or criticizing the policies of Israel. It would be political suicidal for them to do so. A lot of the members of Congress agree with me, some very high up in the Congress. But if they came out publically and said it, their seats would be in danger.

  Reza Aslan

  Political, Impossible, Danger

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• 3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood's current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches.

  Roger Ebert

  Crazy, Perfectly Good, Nausea

  "Roger Ebert On Why 3D Movies Suck" by Gillian Reagan, www.businessinsider.com. April 29, 2010.

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• If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course - the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.

  Mitt Romney

  Goodbye, Jobs, Loss

  "Let Detroit go bankrupt". www.nytimes.com. November 18, 2008.

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• You don't really think that things will ever get better, but they do. People always ask me, "What would you say to gay teen youth that are suicidal, or someone who is addicted right now?," and it's hard to say with words that things will change, but they do.

  Patty Schemel

  Gay, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I can't relate to the idea of suicide. I guess I'm just one of those people that is always optimistic and upbeat. But one day, I sat down. I said 'You know what? Just to kind of purge myself, I want to see what its like to feel that low'. So I decided to write a suicide note. Yeah, just to kinda flush it out there and put it on a page. And I started to do this, and I had an epiphany. I'll share this with you: a suicide note that is written by somebody that is not suicidal is called an autobiography. I am on Chapter 58.

  Dane Cook

  Suicide, Optimistic, Writing

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• At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid.

  James Buchan

  Heart, Insecure, Locks

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• If you know people who are suicidal, or if you know people who are bipolar, depressed, have panic attack disorder, just be there for them. They're going through something that's very, very hard.

  Eric Millegan

  People, Bipolar, Panic Attacks

  "Eric Millegan on Living (and Acting) with Bipolar Disorder: Part 2" by Jamie Frevele, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

  Stephen Covey

  Anniversary, Spiritual, Holy Ground

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

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• One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

  Carl Jung

  Love Life, Knowledge, Thoughtful

  Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Gerhard Adler, Michael Scott Montague Fordham (1973). “The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Alchemical studies”

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• Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.

  Carl Sagan

  Science, Long, Leader

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium”, p.176, Ballantine Books

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• Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it. It takes getting used to. And you need the means, the opportunity, the motive. A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.

  Susanna Kaysen

  Suicide, Mean, Successful

  FaceBook post by Susanna Kaysen from Mar 22, 2014

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• With the arrival of electric technology, man extended, or set outside himself, a live model of the central nervous system itself. To the degree that this is so, it is a development that suggests a desperate and suicidal autoamputation, as if the central nervous system could no longer depend on the physical organs to be protective buffers against the slings and arrows of outrageous mechanism.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Technology, Men, Arrows

  "Understanding media: the extensions of man".

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• Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

  Jane Addams

  Stay Strong, Peace, Giving Up

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• Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing.

  Joseph Conrad

  Mean, Thinking, Swim

  Joseph Conrad “The Secret Sharer and Other Stories”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• After a long, labored sigh, I said, “She was really happy when I got there. I’m pretty sure she was suicidal when I left.” “You do have that effect on people.

  Darynda Jones

  Long, People, Said

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• Didn't we talk about this?" "HAIL!" "That isn't an answer." I planted my hands on my hips. "Was there a reason for shoving the gummy bears off the counter? Did they tell you they were suicidal? On second thought," I raised a hand, palm out, "don't answer that. If the candy is talking, I don't want to know.

  Mira Grant

  Hands, Talking, Want

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• Taking risks is not being suicidal. Otherwise, skydivers need serious help.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Risk, Needs, Serious

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.93, Scholastic Inc.

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• In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electronic button. Such a war will not last long and none will ever follow it. There will be no conquerors and no conquests, but only the charred bones of the dead on and uninhabited planet.

  William L. Shirer

  War, Long, Age

  William L. Shirer (2011). “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”, p.12, RosettaBooks

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• I have a plan.” He groaned. “I was afraid of that.” “My plans are not terrible.” “Isabelle’s plans are terrible.” He pointed a finger at her. “Your plans are suicidal. At best.” She sat back, her arms crossed over her chest. “Do you want to hear it or not? You have to keep it a secret.” “I would pluck out my own eyes with a fork before I would give away your secrets,” Simon said, then looked anxious. “Wait a second. Do you think that’s likely to be required?

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Thinking, Giving

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• No' is a magical word," he told her. "Here's how it goes. You say, 'Simon, I have an insane, suicidal plan. Would you like to help me carry it out?' And I say, "Why, no.

  Cassandra Clare

  Insane, Helping, Help Me

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• It must be remembered that in those great days I was considered to be an "integrationist" - this was never, quite, my own idea of myself - and Malcolm was considered to be a "racist in reverse." This formulation, in terms of power - and power is the arena in which racism is acted out - means absolutely nothing: it may even be described as a cowardly formulation. The powerless, by definition, can never be "racists," for they can never make the world pay for what they feel or fear except by the suicidal endeavor which makes them fanatics or revolutionaries, or both.

  James A. Baldwin

  Mean, Ideas, Racism

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• Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars… and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.

  Rajneesh

  Gratitude, Nature, Stars

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