Saddest Quotes

265 quotes by 235 authors

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. — Thomas Carlyle
I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the… — John le Carre
One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have… — Jonathan Carroll
Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older. — Kim Cattrall
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. — Charlie Chaplin
Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world. — Warsan Shire
One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism. — Louis Kronenberger
May your happiest days of the past be your saddest days of your future. — Laurence J. Peter
The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods and meadows brown and sear. — William C. Bryant
Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes. — James Russell Lowell
Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in. — Arthur Guiterman
The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life. — Stephen Levine
Consider the Koran, for example; this wretched book was sufficient to start a world-religion, to satisfy the metaphysical need of countless millions for twelve hundred… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is my saddest day as an MP when my party brings in a bill which I'm fundamentally opposed to. I'm very sad my party… — Peter Bone
The saddest moment in a child's life is not when he learns that Santa Claus isn't real, it's when he learns that Vince Russo is. — Jim Cornette
The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of… — Roger Moore
Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength. — Frederick Buechner
The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed. — Edwin Percy Whipple
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason. ... I wrote… — Rod Stewart

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