Sad Quotes

4787 Sad quotes by 2604 unique authors

All of us experience the sad effects of blind submission to consumerism. In the first place it represents crass materialism. At the same time it… — Pope John Paul II
I'm very sensitive. I remember, as a kid at school, if someone in the classroom was sad or angry, it could have a great impact… — Aurora Aksnes
I'm very, very sad to say that the only Sondheim show I've done is A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and it was when I was in… — Kristin Chenoweth
I think, honestly, that a lot of people think I'm sad and dark all the time, because of the music I have made. But there's… — Skylar Grey
Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile. — Lord Byron
The sad problem is that we see ourselves as being quite terribly small. Instead of spending my time being envious, I need to celebrate your… — Desmond Tutu
A face which is always serene possesses a mysterious and powerful attraction: sad hearts come to it as to the sun to warm themselves again. — Philibert Joseph Roux
What a sad business is being funny! — Charlie Chaplin
You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! — Charles Lamb
The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free, And like the wings of sea-birds Flash the white caps of the sea. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen… — Samuel Johnson
The Moral is that gardeners pine, Whene'er no pods adorn the vine. Of all sad words experience gleans, The saddest are: It might have beans. — Unknown Author
If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell; Some a light sigh, That shakes from Life's fresh crown… — Thomas Lovell Beddoes
I'll be merry and free, I'll be sad for nae-body; If nae-body cares for me, I'll care for nae-body. — Robert Burns
See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread! The very Tombs now vanish'd… — Alexander Pope
I sometimes think, with a sad delight, that if one day, in a future I no longer belong to, these sentences, that I write, last… — Fernando Pessoa
In vain would I seek to discover Why sad and mournful am I, My thoughts without ceasing brood over A tale of the time gone… — Heinrich Heine
You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress… — William Allen White
My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I'm not a sad man, and I don't believe I sadden anyone else. — Antonio Machado
Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the system… — John Wayne
And all the bustle of departure - sometimes sad, sometimes intoxicating - just as fear or hope may be inspired by the new chances of… — Madame de Stael
Just as a camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a subliminal murder - a soft murder, appropriate to a sad,… — Susan Sontag
The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so… — Peggy Noonan
A shining isle in a stormy sea, We seek it ever with smiles and sighs; To-day is sad. In the bland To-be, Serene and lovely… — Mary C. Ames
It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad... — Alain de Botton

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