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title: "10 Sad Situation Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/powers-boothe/we-have-real-cliched-ideas-of-what-prison-life-is-like-it-is-not-a/)

[Powers Boothe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/powers-boothe/)

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> [We know we are all tarnished, so we doubt everyone else too. It is sad situation, where we need a leader but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chetan-bhagat/we-know-we-are-all-tarnished-so-we-doubt-everyone-else-too-it-is-sad/)

[Chetan Bhagat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chetan-bhagat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/chetan-bhagat-5187_doubt_we-know-we-are-all-tarnished-so-we-doubt_197378.png)

> [It would be a sad situation if the bag was better than the meat wrapped in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/it-would-be-a-sad-situation-if-the-bag-was-better-than-the-meat/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/albert-einstein-33_bags_it-would-be-a-sad-situation-if-the-bag-w_101210.jpg)

> [It's a sad situation when you have to talk crap about other organizations that you know your paths are never going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-goldberg/it-s-a-sad-situation-when-you-have-to-talk-crap-about-other/)

[Bill Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-goldberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/bill-goldberg-2919_never_it-s-a-sad-situation-when-you-have-to-ta_160729.png)

> [I think it's a really sad situation when I have to lie to my doctor about what I need a medication for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-miller/i-think-it-s-a-really-sad-situation-when-i-have-to-lie-to-my-doctor/)

[Liz Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/liz-miller-26526_doctors_i-think-it-s-a-really-sad-situation-when_2022598.png)

> [America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/america-has-become-so-tense-and-nervous-it-has-been-years-since-i/)

[Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/norman-vincent-peale-539_america_america-has-become-so-tense-and-nervous_2693239.jpg)

> [I have felt terribly from the beginning when I saw the problems and recognized that they would be ongoing. We were hired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-crenshaw/i-have-felt-terribly-from-the-beginning-when-i-saw-the-problems-and/)

[Ben Crenshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-crenshaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/ben-crenshaw-20899_design_i-have-felt-terribly-from-the-beginning_663110.jpg)

> [I think anybody, not just children, is a product of a great environment. If you put them in a better environment from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/usher/i-think-anybody-not-just-children-is-a-product-of-a-great-environment/)

[Usher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/usher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/usher-4264_child_i-think-anybody-not-just-children-is-a-p_2830962.png)

> [I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-scarfe/i-have-been-to-several-wars-to-draw-i-went-to-vietnam-and-made/)

[Gerald Scarfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-scarfe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/gerald-scarfe-27002_drawing_i-have-been-to-several-wars-to-draw-i-we_677428.jpg)

> [These are the only two situations possible, and you are in the sad situation. Everybody may know about you - who you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/these-are-the-only-two-situations-possible-and-you-are-in-the-sad/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/anonymous-1_arise_these-are-the-only-two-situations-possib_378345.jpg)

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