The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and… — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
That's a pretty story,' said Afanasievna as she let go of Ansky's genitals. 'A pity I'm too old and have seen to… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
Our grandsire, Adam, ere of Eve possesst, Alone, and e'en in Paradise unblest, With mournful looks the blissful scenes survey'd, And wander'd… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“I have not slept for nights. I have not eaten for days. I am a soul in torment. Tell me if you… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche believed that if Pity were to become the core of ethics, misery would become contagious and happiness an object of suspicion” — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you I spoke to God this morning and he don't like you! Don't… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
“Yossarian was moved by such intense pity for his poverty that he wanted to smash his pale. sad, sickly face with his… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Pity is such an awful, useless emotion- you have to bottle it up and keep it to yourself.The moment you try to… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
When I go out in the morning and see these men standing in their queues and look into their pinched faces, then… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I hurt for my Marines, goodhearted American guys who'd bear these burdens for the rest of their lives. And I mourned for… — Nathaniel Fick Copy Share Image
One wears one's mind out in study, and yet has more mind with which to study. One gives away one's heart in… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
Observers in the full enjoyment of their bodily senses pity me, but it is because they do not see the golden chamber… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap. They are… — Benjamin Harrison Copy Share Image
It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
If the impure and the unjust, the drunkard and the licentious, are loathsome to us, what must be the infinite loathing of… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does… — Haniel Long Copy Share Image
“When someone calls you a 'nigger', then you feel sorry for him... You have to pity him because his mind has such… — Adam Makos Copy Share Image
They walked back into the world together, wearing the gift that had been given them: just life. Pity was not love, Barbie… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It's a pity that if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
By choice they made themselves immune To pity and whatever moans in man Before the last sea and the hapless stars; Whatever… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won't listen to your boys and girls Cos the… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
“I pity him who refuses to leave the minatory of his refutable Judgments and still insisting on producing his light to lit… — Annie Ali Copy Share Image
Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since it so often passes for intelligence. One pities the artist in a world of… — Gilbert Sorrentino Copy Share Image
...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Those who hate, are merely wallowing in self pity. Those who lie about someone to destroy his or her spirit, are simply… — Emma Paul Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends,… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to… — Nelson Algren Copy Share Image
Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
But human nature cannot be content on a diet of honey and if there is nothing in one's life that requires pity,… — Angela Thirkell Copy Share Image
The humorous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture…He takes upon himself… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We must bring light to as many people as possible. Who has time to indulge in self-pity or guilt? In advanced self-giving… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We work with the people not out of pity but out of respect for their potential for growth and development, both as… — Y. C. James Yen Copy Share Image
“I find it tiresome when people parade their agonies for public viewing; the last thing I want to evoke is pity. We… — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
I've held a lot of pity parties for myself. There was a time when I never wanted to face the public again.… — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity.… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
Speech is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear,… — Gorgias Copy Share Image
I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly keen on pity. Pity takes something away from grief. People think they're sharing it, but really they're just taking… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear,… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
