Unfortunate Quotes

446 Unfortunate quotes by 371 unique authors

That's the unfortunate thing about death. It's so terribly final. — Marie Dressler
...We're people and we're different, all of us. And we should be using our differences to bring ourselves closer together. You know? Not be afraid… — Justin Timberlake
The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Obviously my game wasn't too good at Augusta, I had a couple of technical faults, the posture wasn't too good. It's a bit unfortunate because… — Ernie Els
I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes to ordinary conversation,… — Plato
One of the unfortunate things about our education system is that we do not teach students how to avail themselves of their subconscious capabilities. — Bill Lear
The world is filled with unfortunate souls who didn't hear opportunity knock at the door, because they were down at the convenience stor buying lottery… — Napoleon Hill
I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language, which I used in my letter of Aug 29 to Congress McDonough concerning the Marine Corps... — Harry S. Truman
Pardew has come out and criticized me. He is the worst at haranguing referees. He shoves them and makes a joke of it. How he… — Alex Ferguson
I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares,… — John F. Kennedy
I don't have time to distinguish between the unfortunate and the incompetent. — Curtis LeMay
Well, the world is vastly counted in favour of men at every level - except if you live in a civilised country and you’re sort… — Steven Moffat
I'm afraid Dr. Mondrick chose an unfortunate publicity device. After all, the theory of human evolution is no longer front page news. Every known detail… — Jack Williamson
AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as… — Ambrose Bierce
It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that "Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got… — Athenaeus
Compared with that of Taoists and Far Eastern Buddhists, the Christian attitude toward Nature has been curiously insensitive and often downright domineering and violent. Taking… — Aldous Huxley
For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy — Boethius
Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not… — Edwin Starr
A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and by which our… — Victoria Woodhull
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

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