Saddest Quotes

265 Saddest quotes by 224 unique authors

People cannot stand the saddest truth I know about the very nature of reading and writing imaginative literature, which is that poetry does not teach… — Harold Bloom
Did you ever see a one eyed woman cry? You know the saddest thing about the woman, the tears don't come out just one eye. — Gary B.B. Coleman
My saddest decision in football was leaving Paul Gascoigne out of the 1998 World Cup finals. But he wasn't fit enough and once that decision… — Glenn Hoddle
Perhaps the saddest irony of depression is that suicide happens when the patient gets a little better and can again function sufficiently. — Dick Cavett
Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the profound—people such as my boring brother-in-law,… — Douglas Coupland
The saddest thing is that when I sat down to rehearse for the Pixies, I couldn't believe that I had given up something that I… — Joey Santiago
It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen. — Gedde Watanabe
Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile. — Lord Byron
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
I'm saddest when I sing. — Thomas Haynes Bayly
The saddest day has gleams of light, The darkest wave hath bright foam beneath it. There twinkles o'er the cloudiest night, Some solitary star to… — Sarah Winnemucca
I'm coming back in... and it's the saddest moment of my life. — Edward Higgins White
Sometimes the saddest stories take the fewest words. — Karen Thompson Walker
The saddest thing of word or pen, To know the things that might have been. — John Greenleaf Whittier
The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore. — Art Donovan
Paris was sad. One of the saddest towns: weary of its now-mechanical sensuality, weary of the tension of money, money, money, weary even of resentment… — D. H. Lawrence
I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had… — J. Cole
I always thought the saddest feeling in life is when you're dancing in a really joyful way and then you hit your head on something. — Lena Dunham
I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He… — Dick Van Dyke
Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world. — Carrie Fisher
The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's… — Dave Matthews
This is my saddest story: In grade school, they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I always sent cards… — William Shatner
We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. — John Greenleaf Whittier

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