Gloomy Quotes

181 quotes by 163 authors

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi
May God protect me from gloomy saints. — Teresa of Avila
In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every… — Daniel Boone
I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure. — Kenneth Branagh
New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration. — Herb Caen
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle… — Lydia M. Child
I've had this terrible stomach problem for years, and that has made touring difficult. People would see me sitting in the corner by myself looking… — Kurt Cobain
Unless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long… — Jarvis Cocker
Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of the church in… — Rajneesh
Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have… — Desiderius Erasmus
The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A religious who does not keep silence will never attain holiness; that is, she… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
The iron bolt...mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in a gloomy prison. — Charles Spurgeon
The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and… — Thomas Paine
I view it as one of the greatest crimes to shadow the minds of the young with these gloomy superstitions, and with fears of the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosophy became a gloomy science, in the labyrinth of which people vainly tried to find the exit, called The Truth. — Edward Joseph Schwartz
He who is dissatisfied with himself is continually ready for revenge and we others will be his victims, if only in having always to endure… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It crosses my mind that our generation may leave problems that are simply too hard for human society in the generations that follow. The structures… — Ross Garnaut

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