Sadder Quotes

108 quotes by 99 authors

A sadder but wiser man is a thousand times more agreeable to meet than the feller that never makes a mistake. — Kin Hubbard
It was his optimism that Freud bequeathed to America and it was the optimism of our youthfulness, our freedom from the sterner, sadder tradition of… — Karl A. Menninger
There is no sadder sight in the world than to see a beautiful theory killed by a brutal fact. — Thomas Huxley
Nothing is sadder than laughter; nothing more beautiful, more magnificent, more uplifting and enriching than the terror of deep despair. — Federico Fellini
There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'. — Lily Tomlin
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has… — Edward Said
At the end of one millennium and nine centuries of Christianity, it remains an unshakable assumption of the law in all Christian countries and of… — H. L. Mencken
There is no death-the thing that we call death Is but another, sadder name for life, Which is itself an insufficient name, Faint recognition of… — Richard Henry Stoddard
My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am… — Anne Stevenson
Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means. — Van Wyck Brooks
Every day, a little sadder, a little madder. Will someone get me a ladder? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs. — Jessie Ware
Nothing is sadder than love left unheard. — Neil Diamond
The world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find. But it wasn't near as lonesome as the one he left behind. — Kris Kristofferson
There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when noones around. — Smokey Robinson
There's never been a particular band that I've followed religiously. But I do tend to listen to sadder music. — Freddie Highmore
Half of me is this wacked-out comedienne who will do anything for a buck and a laugh. Well, at least for a laugh. But the… — Faith Prince
I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime. — Lynn Samuels
No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, Wild laughter of the loon. — Celia Thaxter
The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. — John Greenleaf Whittier

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