Suicidal Quotes

374 Suicidal quotes by 258 unique authors

The businessman who is a novelist is able to drop in on literature and feel no suicidal loss of esteem if the lady is not… — V. S. Pritchett
People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them. — Sinead O'Connor
New York is the Hollywood of the publishing industry, complete with stars, starlets, suicidal publishers/producers, intrigues, and a lot of money. — Aleksandar Hemon
The evil in the world is all of our own making, and it proceeds entirely from our ruthless, senseless, wasteful, destructive, and suicidal neglect of… — Thomas Merton
Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice-and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal… — John Galt
The environmental crisis is a sign that the ecosphere is now so heavily strained that its continued stability is threatened. It is a warning that… — Barry Commoner
Before economics can progress, it must abandon its suicidal formalism. — Robert Heilbroner
Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations, many… — James Taylor
There is value in long years of obscurity, if one doesn't go insane or suicidal, in that, simply because nobody is looking, the habit of… — Jules Olitski
Thus suicidal selfishness, that blights The fairest feelings of the opening heart, Is destined to decay, whilst from the soil Shall spring all virtue, all… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Nine men in ten are would be suicides. — Benjamin Franklin
Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak? — Jean Genet
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become… — Mahatma Gandhi
Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you… — Simon Cowell
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison
The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual… — Havelock Ellis
The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean,… — Harvey Fierstein
Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. — Vaclav Havel
I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal. — Byron Katie
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to… — Madeleine L'Engle
If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder… — Fran Lebowitz
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.' — Bill Maher
There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd… — Dave Navarro
It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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