Unhappy Quotes

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering.

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

I really didn't consider myself happy or unhappy.

The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women.

I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about.

I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy.

I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time.

I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.

I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?

I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.

I know that many in Europe are unhappy with their governments' policies toward the Palestinians.

Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand.

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.