Bitter Quotes

1231 Bitter quotes by 852 unique authors

Nobody supports me at the expense of his own adventure. Then I get bitter: I am not loved enough to be supported. That I am… — Maxine
The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. — William Cowper
We are trying to change the tones in the state capitals - and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship. — Grover Norquist
The bitter hatreds that now poison Middle Eastern politics are rooted in the real or perceived wrong of the setting up of a Jewish State… — Richard Dawkins
By the time I actually recorded Bitter Tears I carried a heavy load of sadness and outrage; I felt every word of those songs... I… — Johnny Cash
My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil… — Thomas a Kempis
Millions of people have wrecked their lives in angry turmoil, because they refused to accept the worst; refused to try to improve upon it; refused… — Dale Carnegie
If things are tough, remember that every flower had to go through a whole lot of dirt to get there. So do not grieve about… — Barbara Johnson
How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still… — Max Lucado
I was so mad at my agent. I had polished and polished and polished [the play], and he referred to it as a draft. I… — Cynthia Ozick
See yonder another King's garden, which the King waters with his bloody sweat-Gethsemane, whose bitter herbs are sweeter far to renewed souls than even Eden's… — Charles Spurgeon
I invite all brats to throw their cookies at the baker's head if they're not sweet, winos to chuck their wine if it's bad, the… — Gustave Flaubert
There are souls beneath that water. Fixed in slimethey speak their piece, end it, and start again:'Sullen were we in the air made sweet by… — Dante Alighieri
E have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor heathen, all for… — Frederick Douglass
History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It… — Paul Valery
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. — Tacitus
The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know. — Marcus Aurelius
The experience of life is very bitter. it is sweet only in imagination. In its reality it is very bitter. He escaped from the palace… — Rajneesh
There are a lot of bitter people out there who have got jobs that they hate and the key to life for me is doing… — Danny Dyer
All men are brothers, we like to say, half-wishing sometimes in secret it were not true. But perhaps it is true. And is the evolutionary… — Edward Abbey
It's true/ I do imbue my blue unto myself/ I make it bitter, — Fiona Apple
I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have… — Robert E. Lee
If I can't have love, if I can't find peace, / Give me a bitter glory. — Anna Akhmatova
When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people./May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat of… — Amiri Baraka
Love is bitter and all there is, and that the rest is for the emotional beggars of the earth. — Zelda Fitzgerald

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