I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk… — Nellie Bly Copy Share Image
If you are never satisfied with what you write, that is a good sign. It means that your vision can see so… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
I shall pray to God to send charity to this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
I think that it's unfortunate that we have allowed politics to use theology to hit areas that we sincerely want to support.… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
Toddlers ask many questions, and so do school children - until about grade three. By that time, many of them have learned… — Jan Hunt Copy Share Image
When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account. — Haniel Long Copy Share Image
Daniel Handler's a writer, musician and the author of, among other things, the "Series Of Unfortunate Events" books. He also wrote the… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
Mariano the Second had been the son of a fisherman, but he'd suffered from an unfortunate tendency toward seasickness and was forced… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Obviously my game wasn't too good at Augusta, I had a couple of technical faults, the posture wasn't too good. It's a… — Ernie Els Copy Share Image
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.] — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
... Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death.… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity; to thee the wretched seek for… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Some of these guys are so violent that it is hard for witnesses to come forward, and they get involved in repeat… — Ray Nagin Copy Share Image
The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the… — Cesar Aira Copy Share Image
I was less angry at [Carl] Armstrong, though I was angry at the people who came to his trial: Dan Ellsberg, who… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I think you have to be fair with one another. It's unfortunate when someone does something that's not authentic, or not there… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
I can trust you, Jessie, but you're clearly not well enough to go. Which is unfortunate, since Aloysius always had a weakness… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
This common and unfortunate fact of the lack of adequate presentation of basic ideas and motivations of almost any mathematical theory is… — Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov Copy Share Image
A people fired ... with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
He had the hypocrisy to represent a mourner: and previous to following with Hareton, he lifted the unfortunate child on to the… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
There is nothing, I think, more unfortunate than to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children who go to watch their school play basketball… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate,… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image