Because sometimes words were so pitifully inadequate, and…

“They were pawns, pitifully despicable and disposable, and yet they were strong and fearsome.”

— Mikhail Iossel

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

— Anonymous

The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low.

— Michael Chabon

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low.

— Eric Liu

Television, despite its enormous presence, turns out to have added pitifully few lines to the communal memory.

— Justin Kaplan

It's the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to communicate so much, and yet always to fall so drastically short of…

— Claire Messud

Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate…

— Warren Buffett

Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an…

— Michael Lewis

I was haunted always by my other life-my drab room in the Bronx, my square foot of the subway, my fixation upon the day's…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

It would have been easier to fight alone with inadequate forces than to have to accept...responsibility for our ally's lack of fighting qualities and…

— Albert Kesselring

I tell my mother I went to God in spite of my religious education. I feel that my religious education was inadequate, but that…

— Marianne Williamson

The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources.

— Jurgen Habermas

I became interested in photography when I was sharing a studio with Walker Evans, and found my own sketching was inadequate.

— Ben Shahn

The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.

— Gail Porter

For many, the call to be a Christian can seem demanding, even overwhelming. But we need not be afraid or feel inadequate. The Savior…

— Robert D. Hales