Unfortunate Quotes

446 quotes by 371 authors

There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is a hidden epidemic threatening the lives of millions of Americans...hunger. In this land of plenty, it is unthinkable that fellow citizens are going… — Swoosie Kurtz
There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections… — Sir Fulke Greville
The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most… — Cesar Aira
People who don't have a concept of the whole can do very unfortunate things. — Joseph Campbell
This life is but a dream. A state of sleep but how unfortunate that man's eyes open only when they are about to be closed… — Wasif Ali Wasif
The prospect Smiler was a manic farmer. Few men I think can have been as unfortunate as he; for on the one hand he was… — Laurie Lee
If you are never satisfied with what you write, that is a good sign. It means that your vision can see so far that it's… — Brenda Ueland
Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes. — Helen Keller
I am very lustful. I am in this fortunate or unfortunate position being bisexual in that I have twice as many people to lust over.… — Brian Molko
In software, consultants sometimes tell you to buy into certain software-development methods to the exclusion of other methods. Thatâ€™s unfortunate because if you buy into… — Steve McConnell
All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate people into a state of poverty,… — Pope Clement VIII
I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But]… — Flemming Rose
It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth. — Malcolm Forbes
I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We… — Benjamin Franklin
A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable. — Judith Martin
I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is… — Dawn French
Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of Assassins by means… — W. Somerset Maugham
I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy… — Juan Cole
Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God. — Max Lucado

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