Unhappy Quotes

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.

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 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.

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

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

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?

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

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.

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.

You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy.

I felt like a loser. I was unhappy as a child most of the time. We were terribly poor and I hated my size.

I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.

On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.

Sometimes you could be in an unhappy relationship; you are very much in love with someone, but it's making you unhappy and you think things can change and you can work it out.

I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and conforming, I stood firm. That is also probably why I was unhappy.

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'