Depressive Quotes

55 Depressive quotes by 47 unique authors

I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side. — Selma Blair
Even in my first analysis of a depressive psychosis, I was immediately struck by its structural similarity with obsessional neurosis. — Karl Abraham
Selling your apartment in New York is like dating a manic-depressive.. you get used to cycles of elation and despondency. Every time someone would come… — Anderson Cooper
Something which is against natural laws seems to me rather out of the question because it would be a depressive idea about God. It would… — Max Born
I'm a happy-go-lucky manic-depressive. It does get very deep and dark for me, and it gets scary at times when I feel I can't pull… — Tim Burton
When you read the [Twilight series], it's like saying 'Edward Cullen is so beautiful I creamed myself'. I mean every line is like that. He's… — Robert Pattinson
The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance — Anna Funder
Despite popular opinion, there are no important parallels between Madonna and Monroe, who was a virtuoso comedienne but who was in secure, depressive, passive-aggressive, and… — Camille Paglia
Homicide central, East New York, Where the manic-depressive psycho murderers stalk — Jeru the Damaja
What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance. — Igor Stravinsky
With my art, it's the one thing that I know will outlive me and outlive my feelings. It will outlive my depressive seasons. — Frank Ocean
I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to me, or didn't… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of… — Michel Houellebecq
I am a smiling depressive. — Trisha Goddard
It’s amazing how much you’re missing in a depressive state until you start to come out on the other side. It’s like breathing again after… — Jenny Lawson
I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency. — Patrick Marber
The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought, for instance, that… — Peter Wessel Zapffe
Remember that the stock market is manic-depressive. — Warren Buffett
I was in danger of having my children taken away from me when I needed five weeks in psychiatric care ... There is the smiling… — Trisha Goddard
When the depressive psychosis has become manifest, its cardinal feature seems to be a mental inhibition which renders a rapport between the patient and the… — Karl Abraham
One of the most common outcomes of a depressive illness is a mistreated body. Now is the time to treat your body well. The more… — Harold H. Bloomfield
I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he's happy, the other half he's right. — Robert Breault
The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast you first must make it beautiful. In some strange way, I have tried to do… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive. — Karl Pilkington

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