Lonely Quotes
2232 quotes by 1437 authors
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Modeling is a lonely business.
— Kim Alexis
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Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.
— Thomas Carlyle
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It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away…
— John le Carre
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A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
— Charlie Chaplin
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People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
— Anton Chekhov
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People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.
— Margaret Cho
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Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
— Winston Churchill
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Anyone would be lying if they said they didn't get lonely at times.
— George Clooney
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I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life…
— Pedro Almodovar
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I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.
— Tori Amos
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There's no story if there isn't some conflict. The memorable things are usually not how pulled together everybody is. I think everybody feels lonely and…
— Wes Anderson
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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked…
— Maya Angelou
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...but out of the desert, from the dry places and the dreadful suns, come the cruel children of the lonely God; the real Unitarians who…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.
— Hillary Clinton
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of…
— Laozi
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It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry. / Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud,…
— David Crosby
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When I'm feeling sad, or lonely, and I don't know what I'm doing and I don't know where I'm going, I imagine the Cool Awesome…
— Jenna Marbles
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Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to…
— Lou Dorfsman
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It is better to be lonely than allow people who are not going anywhere keep you from your destiny.
— Joel Osteen
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To the artist He is the one altogether lovely, and to the educator He is the master teacher. To the philosopher He is the wisdom…
— John Gerstner
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