Unbearable Quotes

304 Unbearable quotes by 253 unique authors

My untidy habits drive me to follow the slash-and-burn principle. Work on a virgin table until the mess becomes unbearable, then move on to a… — Richard Dawkins
When reality becomes unbearable, the mind must withdraw from it and create a world of artificial perfection. Plato's world of pure Ideas and Forms, which… — Arthur Koestler
a self-awareness moment. All of a sudden everything he has done comes flashing into his mind, a self-criticism that is unbearable. — Philip Seymour Hoffman
The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets. — Edmond Jabes
There is that might-have-been which is the single rock we cling to above the maelstrom of unbearable reality. — William Faulkner
Susan Bordo’s Unbearable Weight is a masterpiece of complex an nuanced thinking not only about a significant problem that faces women but about our culture.… — Susan Griffin
I do think you are supposed to go through wars with your child because otherwise the tearing apart that has to happen when they go… — Dawn French
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. — Erich Fromm
You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply… — Marguerite Duras
Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial.… — Mark Haddon
It's unbearable when someone changes around you. Just imagine that your life partner changes, then it is difficult to cope with. Or your mother. Or… — Michael Haneke
Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a… — Garrett Hardin
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. — Bob Hope
Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes… — Allen Klein
It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is… — Jeffrey Kluger
Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with… — Jessica Lange
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top. — Timothy Leary
I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable. — John Lydon
To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable. — Yannick Noah
Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable. — Shimon Peres
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of… — Bertrand Russell
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. — George Bernard Shaw
I'll tell you what I love. Sending back bottles of wine that aren't right in restaurants in France! Whoa! I love the French, but I… — Rod Stewart
I love us so incredibly, insanely deeply; it's almost unbearable to see what we do to ourselves. — Alice Walker
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. — Oscar Wilde

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