Unfortunate Quotes

• Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

  Bertrand Russell

  Exercise, Liberty, Principles

  Bertrand Russell (1960). “Sceptical Essays”

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• Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

  H. G. Wells

  Fate, Journey, Way

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• Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Eye, Justice For All, Long

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4411, Library of Alexandria

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• The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

  Democritus

  Inspirational, Men, Wronged

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• Life is a series of decisions that cuts off infinite possibilities at every turn. Most people look at that as a sad unfortunate fact of life. Successful people see it as a source of tremendous power.

  Mark Joyner

  Cutting, Successful, People

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• Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.

  James Howard Kunstler

  Destiny, Ridiculous, Ridicule

  James Howard Kunstler (2003). “The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

  Benjamin Franklin

  People, Victory, Would Be

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.106

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• At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

  Daniel Handler

  Believe, Hard Times, Journey

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• Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.

  Aristophanes

  Dream, Race, Darkness

  Aristophanes (2012). “The Birds”, p.21, Courier Corporation

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• China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Country, Stupid, Silly

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• Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

  Saint Augustine

  Eye, Gun, Men

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• I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.

  Grace Slick

  Ideas, People, Come Up

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• Don't be too busy for each other because that is something today that I find to be incredibly unfortunate.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Today, Busy, Too Busy

  Source: tech.fortune.cnn.com

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• Idiots don't know they're idiots, which is unfortunate.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Idiot, Knows

  Walter Dean Myers (2013). “Darius & Twig”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

  Joe Theismann

  Funny, Sports, Football

  "Conrad Smith sees USA challenge in all black and white: it's about the win" by Alexander Bisley, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2014.

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• Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Inspirational, Kindness, Compassion

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• and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

  Daniel Handler

  Journey, Events, May

  "Fictional character: Violet Baudelaire". "A Series of Unfortunate Events", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

  Arthur Balfour

  Truth, Moving, World

  Letter to Mrs Drew, 19 May 1891, in Some Hawarden Letters (1917) ch. 7

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• I have an unfortunate personality.

  Orson Welles

  Personality

  Orson Welles, Mark W. Estrin (2002). “Orson Welles: Interviews”, p.21, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred is the most malignant poison that can afflict the mind. It freezes up the fount of inspiration and chills the higher faculties of the soul.

  Kelly Miller

  Inspiration, Race, Justice

  Kelly Miller (1908). “Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America”

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• It's a humbling thing being humble.

  Maurice Clarett

  Humble, Nfl, Dumb

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• The internet is a great way to get on the net.

  Bob Dole

  Funny, Stupid, Technology

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl.

  Bill Peterson

  Stupid, Men, Thinking

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• The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Fastidious

  "Fables (Book II)". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668-1694.

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• There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot. Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.

  Aga Khan IV

  Determination, Motivation, Mean

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