Depressing Quotes

500 Depressing quotes by 390 unique authors

I know of no American who starts from a higher level of aspiration than the journalist. . . . He plans to be both an… — H. L. Mencken
Miss Prism: Do not speak slightingly of the three-volume novel, Cecily. I wrote one myself in earlier days. Cecily: Did you really, Miss Prism? How… — Oscar Wilde
A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle. — Oscar Wilde
The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral, but it became increasingly obvious… — Dave Barry
When persons manifest the least kindness and love to me, O what power it has over my mind, while the opposite course has a tendency… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be. — Arthur C. Clarke
If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so… — Martha Gellhorn
i find it easy to admire in trees what depresses me in people — Marge Piercy
I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients. — Oscar Levant
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed. — Bertrand Russell
The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet’s dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating reality. — Oscar Wilde
Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones. — Mignon McLaughlin
When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume… — Douglas Coupland
All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot! — Dr. Seuss
Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Matt would stare at Andrew for 10 minutes. It's depressing that people are different. Everyone should be one person, who should then kill itself in… — Tao Lin
To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone. — Albert Einstein
Good cheer is a state of mind or mood that promotes happiness or joy... With God’s help, good cheer permits us to rise above the… — Marvin J. Ashton
With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree. — Hunter S. Thompson
It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then… — Terry Pratchett
The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of… — Spencer W. Kimball
The problem with unfilled dreams is that they give us tunnel vision. We focus on ourselves, and that can be depressing and discouraging place to… — Donna VanLiere
Depressing thought: my friends were the girls I ate lunch with, all buddies from kindergarten who knew one another so well we weren't sure if… — Lauren Groff
We do not like to be robbed of an enemy; we want someone to hate when we suffer. It is so depressing to think that… — Bertrand Russell
Everyone carries an atmosphere about him. It may be healthful and invigorating, or it may be unwholesome and depressing. It may make a little spot… — J.R. Miller

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