Popular Pessimist Quotes

#1. Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively.

Mark Kirk

#2. Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.

Barbara Deming

#3. The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that money to pay the writers. None of them paid very much for their comedy material, but it all added up.

Denis Norden

#4. For me, when I have the opportunity to exhibit abroad, I feel that the public understands some points I have raised and are open-minded and make an effort to understand my work, but there are still certain things that remain inaccessible.

Rirkrit Tiravanija

#5. The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

Marcus Aurelius

#6. What place is this that is my world; what dark coil has my spirit embodied?" he whispered the angry disclaimer that had always been a part of him. "In light, I see my skin as black; in darkness, it glows white in the heat of this rage I cannot dismiss.

R.A. Salvatore

#7. People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again - but it finds a tougher surface.

Willa Cather

#8. Voluptuous and enveloping like layers of precious fabrics

Elie Saab

#9. My doom is, I love thee still.
Let no man dream but that I love thee still.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#10. My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me that the lamp which I carry does not belong to me, and the song that I sing was not generated from within me.

Khalil

#11. The reason that some people could not find God is because they search God in dead things. They are almost ignorant about the presence of the living God.

Amit Ray

#12. Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination.

Stephen Vizinczey

#13. You want your partner to objectify you.

Patricia Arquette

#14. Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.

Seneca The Elder