--- title: "3 General Depression Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 General Depression quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best General Depression sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/mitch-albom-187_anxiety_happiness-in-a-tablet-this-is-our-world_154102.jpg" --- > [Happiness in a tablet. This is our world. Prozac. Daxil. Xanax. Billions are spent to advertise such drugs. And billions are spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/happiness-in-a-tablet-this-is-our-world-prozac-daxil-xanax-billions/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/mitch-albom-187_anxiety_happiness-in-a-tablet-this-is-our-world_154102.jpg) > [“Happiness in a tablet. This is our world. Prozac. Paxil. Xanax. Billions are spent to advertise such drugs. And billions more are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/happiness-in-a-tablet-this-is-our-world-prozac-paxil-xanax-billions/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/anonymous-1_common-cold_happiness-in-a-tablet-this-is-our-world_551946.jpg) > [Declines in specific industries can never ignite a general depression. Shifts in data will cause increases in activity in one field, declines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/declines-in-specific-industries-can-never-ignite-a-general-depression/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/murray-rothbard-1563_data_declines-in-specific-industries-can-neve_2697998.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/general-depression/#itemlist", "name": "General Depression Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Happiness in a tablet. This is our world. Prozac. Daxil. Xanax. Billions are spent to advertise such drugs. And billions are spent purchasing them. 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I knew people whose unbearable source of misery was their weight, their baldness, their lack of advancement in a workplace, or their inability to find the perfect mate, even if they themselves did not behave like one. To these people, unhappiness was a condition, an intolerable state of affairs. If pills could help, pills were taken. But pills were not going to change the fundamental problem in the construction. Wanting what you can’t have. Looking for self-worth in the mirror. Layering work on top of work and still wondering why you weren’t satisfied—before working some more. I knew. I had done all that. There was a stretch where I could not have worked more hours in the day without eliminating sleep altogether. I piled on accomplishments. I made money. I earned accolades. 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