Unfairness Quotes

64 quotes by 58 authors

...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive. There is a comedy in… — John Updike
The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness. — Nancy Mitford
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. — Hubert H. Humphrey
To the grumbler who complains about the unfairness of the market system only one piece of advice can be given: If you want to acquire… — Ludwig von Mises
The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required. — Philip Yancey
Our responding to life's unfairness with sympathy... may be the surest proof of all of God's reality. — Harold S. Kushner
The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples… — Mark Twain
Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for… — Christopher Hitchens
Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened. — Thrity Umrigar
When the world asks if there is any hope, we can say absolutely! No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment- God himself was not… — Philip Yancey
As soon as a woman's primary social value could no longer be defined as the attainment of virtuous domesticity, the beauty myth redefined it as… — Naomi Wolf
Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness… — Valerie Plame
Particularly marijuana, I think is a great hypocrisy. I think frankly it contributes to a good deal of the sense of unfairness you have among… — Barney Frank
Not even God can make something fair out of what is intrinsically unfair. Only one thing can be done. Something must break through the crust… — Lewis B. Smedes
Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price. — Alexander Herzen
There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we… — Pamela Hansford Johnson
The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society. — Gaston Caperton
The failure so far of the governments of so many of the worlds most powerful countries in the face of such egregious unfairness ... to… — Colin Firth
We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind… — Rachel Griffiths
Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks. His… — Peter Mayle

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