Unfortunate Quotes

446 quotes by 371 authors

Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret publicly that such… — Michael Faraday
I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for… — Booker T. Washington
What could be more foolish than to base one's entire view of life on ideas that, however plausible at the time, now appear to be… — Francis Crick
How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!' — Julian Huxley
The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also. — Democritus
A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment. — Ambrose Bierce
...it is proper that the duty of helping the poor and unfortunate should especially stir Catholics, since they are members of the Mystical Body of… — Pope John XXIII
More and more people are becoming unable to accept traditional [religious] beliefs. If they think that, apart from these beliefs, there is no reason for… — Bertrand Russell
If you believe in God you are at no disadvantage in this life, and at considerable advantage in the next. If you do not believe,… — Blaise Pascal
The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end. — Samuel Bowers
When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account. — Haniel Long
A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance. — Voltaire
While society cannot provide employment for its members, the production/work/income nexus has to be abandoned as a justification for our present parsimony to the unemployed.… — Bob Hawke
When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give… — Anton Chekhov
The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most… — John Stuart Mill
It was unavoidable, my writing. I feel I had no choice in the matter, no more than I had about an unfortunate bone structure and… — Maureen Howard
Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is… — Dalai Lama
There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality… — Margaret Thatcher
The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not disqualified from acting… — Sandra Day O'Connor
The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to. — Aristotle

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