Depressing Quotes

500 quotes by 390 authors

Enthusiasm reaches out with joy, for there is nothing depressing about it; it reaches out in faith, for there is no fear in it; it… — Ernest Holmes
Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements. — Hans Selye
The overwhelming pressure of mediocrity, sluggish and indomitable as a glacier, will mitigate the most violent, and depress the most exalted revolution. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't. — Jack Dee
I have absolutely no interest in creating depressing images. — Ryan McGinley
I don't like to watch myself. For the most part, I find it weird. It depresses me; I'm very critical. — Elizabeth Reaser
I find myself going out less and less. When you're 22 and see older people start to do that, it's depressing, but once you hit… — Josh Radnor
It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I realize… — David Sedaris
You have to stick to what you love, as writing is such a lonely and depressing existence... stick to what you love and someone will… — Chris Terrio
One of the things I find depressing about some of the upper echelons of Anglicanism on both sides of the Atlantic is that it's sort… — N. T. Wright
Happy Hour: a depressing comment on the rest of the day and a victory for the most limited Dionysian view of human nature. — John Ralston Saul
Perhaps nothing is so depressing an index of the inhumanity of the male-supremacist mentality as the fact that the more genial human traits are assigned… — Kate Millett
Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to, it will inevitably continue to reflect the… — Leslie Fiedler
I have more fun and more grand and glorious moments of my life than anyone I've never known. I know that some people call that… — Richard Dreyfuss
In my experience, staying in a marriage that my ex and I both agreed had all its best moments behind it was epically depressing. — Ariel Gore
Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they become… — Aloe Blacc
I always find the most depressing stuff most interesting. — Jennifer Coolidge
Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to. It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every… — Patrick Carney
Critics say Internet advertising suffers from limitless inventory, which depresses prices. These exclusive front-page sponsorships are not limitless. If HBO doesn't move quickly enough, Showtime… — Nick Denton
I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the south of New… — Daniel Gillies

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