Dark Quotes

5416 Dark quotes by 3005 unique authors

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side,… — Willa Cather
Despite what people might think, I'm not interested in being dark all the time. I'm actually searching for some kind of light, and I'm always… — Nick Cave
A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. — Fred Allen
As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed… — James Allen
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear. — Lord Chesterfield
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor. — Margaret Cho
These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived. — Winston Churchill
There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.' — John Henrik Clarke
She was not a white woman. She was not a Greek... Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was generally pictured as… — John Henrik Clarke
I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark… — Diablo Cody
My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the… — Sam Abell
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh… — Henri Frederic Amiel
As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought. — Ian Anderson
Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow,… — Ivo Andric
Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long… — Charles Dickens
The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Expect the dawn of a new beginning in the dark nights of life. — Lloyd John Ogilvie
If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have… — Rufus Jones
Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the… — Alexander Pope
When you are reading a book in a dark room, and come to a difficult part, you take it to a window to get more… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
I'm attracted to the extreme light and the extreme dark. I'm interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I'm interested in the… — Johnny Depp
Hiding your hurt only intensifies it. Problems grow in the dark and only become bigger and bigger, but when exposed to the light of truth,… — Rick Warren
There was nothing dark and hidden about Jesus. He was and is the Light of the world, and He welcomed the light. — Samuel Logan Brengle
Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it. — Mark Twain

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