Dismal Quotes

99 Dismal quotes by 88 unique authors

Come, then," returned the nephew gaily. "What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough. — Charles Dickens
Then she told herself to stop her nonsense. If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain… — Dorothy Parker
Weird. I rang it three times.” – Nekoda “There might be something with out condo.” ‘Other than the fact that it lived under a perpetual… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I have almost forgotten the taste of fears: The time has been, my senses would have cool’d to hear a night-shriek; and my fell of… — William Shakespeare
He was afraid of touching his own wrist. He never attempted to sleep on his left side, even in those dismal hours of the night… — Vladimir Nabokov
Go out more, keep cheerful as well as busy, for you are the sunshine-maker of the family, and if you get dismal there is no… — Louisa May Alcott
Jesus was not sent here to teach the people to build magnificent churches and temples amidst the cold wretched huts and dismal hovels. He came… — Khalil Gibran
An infant prodigy of nine is shoved upon the stage in white. She starts off in a dismal whine about a dark and stormy night,… — Noel Coward
I think there comes a time in every persons life where they just need to go to the darkest, most dismal place. — Burn Gorman
I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was… — Martin Jacques
Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations. — Cameron Russell
Easter is not limited to the passion and death of Christ; it also includes the dismal tragedy of life unlived by the many, and all… — Michael Leunig
I think the best thing about my short-lived political career was that I saw the interiors of Bihar and UP. That is the real India,… — Sanjay Dutt
Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation. — Jeff Tweedy
The choices politicians make must be based on values - not an arbitrary, axe-wielding approach to public spending or a dismal exchange between Gordon Brown… — Nick Clegg
In a football game and in the corporate workplace there is a huge difference between teams that achieve great success and teams that become dismal… — Reed Markham
Green-red balls hang on every branch,Reindeers come out, out of their ranch. Eight months ago I rode that plane,You couldnt come with me, such a… — Unknown Author
What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science — Thomas Carlyle
Mother, why will you not wait for me, when I am trying to hold you, so that even in Hades with our arms embracing we… — Odysseus
My apartment in Switzerland was too big for me. I needed far less living space than I had. I was constantly preoccupied with the idea… — Marion Cotillard
Is our situation not dismal? Wonderland is so discombobulated that lady bugs have turned belligerent and enlisted in the queen's army! PUNISH THEIR CONVERSION! — Cheshire Cat
Thank you God for giving me such a talent; to smile and talk so sweetly, that nobody could ever doubt what wounding, dark, dismal, sinister,… — Akila Sultana
I have almost forgot the taste of fears. The time has been, my senses would have cooled To hear a night-shriek, and my fell of… — William Shakespeare
Tell me: which country have you taken me to, in the middle of the dismal night, through sandy slopes? — Ritu Ghatourey

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