Quotes about Unhappy

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: 'Sing for us soon again;' that is as much as to say. 'May new sufferings torment your soul.'

Soren Kierkegaard

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

A man of action, forced into a state of thought, is unhappy until he can get out of it.

John Galsworthy

The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

Antoine Rivarol

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

Bertrand Russell

[George Freeman, the Times Co.'s assistant general counsel, met with the Washington bureau last week to address staff complaints.] There was so much rumor and untruth and speculation going around, ... I wouldn't characterize it as people being unhappy. People had a lot of questions and concerns. I hope to some degree I assuaged the concerns.

George Freeman

The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.

Luciano De Crescenzo

[Some refugees said they were unhappy that the agents couldn't provide more information.] He didn't know too much about anything, ... He said he didn't have any vouchers or money, and I said, 'What are you doing here then?' They should have had a better plan.

Mary Williams

I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive.

David Soul

The poor, the unsuccessful, the unhappy, the unhealthy are the ones who use the word tomorrow the most.

Robert Kiyosaki

Apparently, I think it's Columbia Records has Betty Wand's name on all of the stuff that I did, too, and that's made me very, very unhappy.

Rita Moreno

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes and always count their change when it is handed to them.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

They come to me when they're happy or unhappy, or want something different.

Julie Weber

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.

Ian Mackaye

The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The key problem between Iran and the U.S. is that Washington treats Iran as a non-grownup person. The Iranian leadership is very unhappy with this. Tehran wants America to treat Iran as a regional superpower.

Saeed Leilaz

The work on a cruise ship is extremely difficult if you aren't a third-world employee. If an American is unhappy with their job, they'll tell you to take this job and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.

Bob Basso

The care of children. . . is infinitely better left to the best-trained practitioners of both sexes who have chosen it as a vocation, rather than to harried and all too frequently unhappy persons with little time or taste for the work of educating minds.

Kate Millett

He's not unhappy with the money he'd make. What he's unhappy with is the commitment level from the Jets for one of their quote-unquote best players. He stood out last year. He's done the necessary things on and off the field.

Rich Rosa

The biggest thing I've heard is that we need to see improvement on test scores. But to get that, we've got to respect these administrators and we have to let them do the best job they can. If they're unhappy, I don't think they can do that. We're between a rock and a hard place.

Mike Zajicek

I kind of see myself as a cartoon that's on its way to becoming a real person that has to find that special amulet or mushroom to get to that next realm or level. I don't feel like anything is that tangible. It freaks me out, why I feel unhappy or conflicted and why that can change on a dime.

Carly Pope

We are getting close to the level where rates should be. The domestic recovery still looks pretty fragile. I would imagine there are council members unhappy with the shift toward an increase in May.

Robert Lind

He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.

Tad Williams

I want to be happy; why do I do things that make me unhappy?

Paul Schrader

Our unhappiness and conflict came not as a result of an unreceptive environment, but from believing the culture's 'born-gay' message and resigning ourselves to an unhappy life dominated by unwanted same-sex attractions.

Alan Chambers

We don't have a choice. If we play them really good early, we've got a good shot. If we lose, we have nothing to be unhappy about, as long as the kids play hard.

Al Carter

There has to be a lot of communication between the contractor, the architect and the owner. If not, you end up with a lot of unhappy people.

Mike Harrington

The proof that actually came to us was that the people who were renting it became unhappy with their landlord. So essentially, they turned themselves in. They provided us with a copy of a lease that the landlord had with them. That was the evidence we needed to show that in fact they were renting it.

Raun Keagy

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

Franz Kafka

I have to keep going. If they see me unhappy, they'll be unhappy looking down on me.

Jason Peters

Although no one will be particularly excited about it, most Western countries have accepted Museveni is here to stay, and they are not so unhappy given that stability is a major concern for many donors.

Tom Cargill

We are glad to have a class in the computer room and unhappy if we can not.

Liang Yanfang

I certainly think our opponent's lies and scare tactics have had an effect, but I think I-912 is going to win at the polls. I think people want to send a message to Olympia that they are unhappy about this tax and the way it was passed.

Brett Bader

A group of women unhappy about wars of aggression and about nuclear armaments.

Alice Thompson

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

Thornton Wilder

There are unhappy parents, students and staff. The only ones who are happy are the administration.

Carmen Davis

I'm there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people don't like it, I'm very unhappy, but I can't do anything about that.

Richard Foreman

The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

We've made a number of releases on the subject, and if it happens again, how we react will be another thing. If it's still going on at grounds, then we're going to be very disappointed and unhappy about it. But since Sydney we haven't had too many problems on the field, so we'll take each game as it goes.

Graeme Smith

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

Joan Crawford

Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.

W. Somerset Maugham

Saying that I am unhappy with the turnovers does not even come close to it. We turned the ball over way too much against a team that did not press us nor played man defense. But the one thing that kept us in the game was our rebounding.

Dave Stricklin

Taiwan is already a democracy. This is what upsets the Chinese communists the most. The Chinese communists will always be unhappy unless you (Taiwan) accept their rule.

Wei Jingsheng

It's a small percentage but nevertheless, for 15 percent of its customers to be unhappy with a policy Microsoft is setting is not a good sign.

Al Gillen

He was keen to return home and, although we rate him highly here, we did not like to see him unhappy.

Frank Arnesen

I'm looking out for some unhappy teenagers, ... I'd like them to change Ticketmaster's policy for next year. Boca is very much a part of South Florida.

Steve Abrams

I've known Jerry a long time, and he isn't a guy who sits back, or tries to 'get along' with everybody. He's a pleasant enough fellow, but if he's unhappy about something he's going to blurt it out.

Gerald Meyers

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; by those who believe by those who don't believe.

Dennis Prager

We converted just enough but as the play caller tonight, I was somewhat unhappy. There were balls under thrown or thrown in the wrong place. That's three touchdowns, maybe four, taken away by turnovers.

Richard Moncrief

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?

Philip Larkin

It is better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone else.

Marilyn Monroe

Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.

H. L. Mencken

Tomorrow will be big water. We are closer to the lead after the first day than I was last year, so we are not unhappy to be where we are.

Hank Mcgregor

To be unhappy is only half the misfortune to be pitied is misery complete.

Arthur Schnitzler

I think Specter is going to be protective of Roberts against what he thinks are intrusive questions. But if he thinks Roberts is not even beginning to address larger questions of philosophy of judging, then I think he'll be unhappy.

Norman Ornstein

To be a professional, sometimes you've got to put aside how you are playing or the number of minutes you're playing, you have to check it at the door and just come to win. That's what everybody has on their minds, winning games. It's harder when you have to fight attitudes on your own team, and then have to fight the other team. If one person is unhappy, then everybody is unhappy.

Lorenzen Wright

I'm really proud of the session that we just produced. I believe that the situation on the national level is going to help Democratic legislators across the country, ... People are really, really unhappy with the Bush administration.

Jim Black

We think by the time the senior citizen population learns about this bill, the fact that there is no cost containment and the $300 billion that the seniors will receive over the next ten years will actually probably be dissipated in higher drug costs, and the fact that ultimately this will lead to the privatization of Medicare will undoubtedly create a situation where seniors will be very unhappy.

Robert Matsui

[Sprint Nextel agrees.] Most of the world is unhappy with Qualcomm, ... They feel that its licensing model is egregious.

Barry West

We didn't expect to be at sea for more than seven days but we got caught in two 12-hour periods where there was just no wind at all. We thought we would take a good day off last year's time, so we are a little unhappy.

David Kent

You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.

Ruth E. Renkel

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

Mick Jagger

We were trying to find a balance that worked for everyone, which was tough to do because you have competing interests. I think everyone is equally unhappy with our result so I think we have a compromise. But I look to these parties to keep working together to make this work.

Tom Dempsey

You're always going to have a few who are unhappy. The fact is, as the work is diminishing, then more people are going to get less work.

Randy Perkins

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

Abraham Maslow

They found ... essentially ... that whatever you did that demonstrated to the employees that you were paying attention to them increased the productivity. Which is somewhat commonsensical -- that if you have happy employees, then they'll be more productive than unhappy employees.

Paul Lasley

We're very unhappy with such moves by the administration at a time when border states are more concerned about immigration than they've been in a century.

Jack Martin

We haven't decided yet. We're trying to sort out our strategy. Clearly the people are very unhappy about this law.

Sarah Stoesz

At seventeen, you tend to go in for unhappy love affairs.

F. Sagan

Those who are unhappy about the decision must have a major problem.

Ratu Epeli Ganilau

BAPTISM, n. A sacred rite of such efficacy that he who finds himself in heaven without having undergone it will be unhappy forever. It is performed with water in two ways - by immersion, or plunging, and by aspersion, or sprinkling. But whether the plan of immersion Is better than simple aspersion Let those immersed And those aspersed Decide by the Authorized Versi.

Ambrose Bierce

He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

Saki

I had some unhappy customers.

Steve Stuhmer

It's going to continue to make realtors very happy. I haven't seen any unhappy people in that industry in quite a while now.

Al Parish

I know that the Germans are very unhappy about these withdrawals. The Koreans are going to be equally unhappy. How can we withdraw troops from Korea while engaged in a delicate negotiation with the North Koreans? And there's a country that really does have weapons of mass destruction.

Richard Holbrooke

The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak.

Ralph Charell

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. ... For the first time in her life, she's happy.

Amy Tan

If this is a regular-season game, you are unhappy and miserable, but I was only unhappy with two goals that I feel I should have had. But at this point, it was nice just to get into the game-day routine.

Sean Burke

The customers just aren't happy with this industry and are unhappy with what they're seeing in products and unhappy with what they're seeing in services and the industry's understanding of their business.

Ray Lane

We were very unhappy with our blocking and execution offensively (last week). I think our senior linemen stepped up this week and did a great job tonight.

Dave Sanderson

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates

This doesn't mean there aren't unhappy students out there.

Michael Hess

We're a long way from being down and out. We've lost more than we would have liked. But as unhappy as I have been at times, we're a long way from sitting at the house come tournament time.

Tracey Stellato

[There was media speculation last week that Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson was unhappy with the play-calling and the direction of the program. The suggestion that he might quit the team created such a minor sensation that Peterson, who hasn't spoken often to reporters this season, felt compelled to deny the reports.] I get upset because I'm competitive, ... But quit and walk off that team?

Adrian Peterson

No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

Groucho Marx

[Koizumi's opponents] are very unhappy about carrying out generational change in the party.

Takao Toshikawa

I'm not as unhappy as I've been in the past 23 losses. We just didn't hit the shots when we needed to.

Bill Agronin

We got some hitting today from some of those seniors that did not hit well as juniors. Hopefully they can keep that up. Getting 12 runs on the board is a real shot in the arm for us. It's our first game and you can't be too unhappy with the way we played.

Jim Reiland

I know Doug pretty well. I think we both got pretty lucky. Everybody was (unhappy with the drawing format), but two teams with a combined four wins were pretty happy. And from our point of view, we've actually been playing pretty well.

Todd Phillips

I don't know if they are necessarily unhappy they don't have one of the big three networks.

Michael Schroeder

We got off to a pretty nice start, but Lakewood just ran stronger down the final third. I'm not unhappy. We really ran well. Lakewood just ran a little bit better. We ran a real good meet today against a real good team. This was a good start to our season. We'll learn from it, and we'll do better next time.

Mark Bradley

He appeared to me the bravest man it fell to my unhappy lot to execute.

Albert Ellis

People are unhappy about it, Republicans and Democrats. They all realize that the Iraqis aren't going to do any fighting until we decide that they're going to take over. As soon as the elections are over and the constitution is ratified, you're going to find American forces drawn down. The public's against it. The military's overextended. There's no place else to go.

John Murtha

People generally don't associate spring flowers with the unhappy days of their lives. Actually, it's pretty much the opposite. They come in here and see something that's beautiful and peaceful. There's a strange irony about it all if you really think about it.

Mark House

It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

Groucho Marx

Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're living an unhappy life and you probably think this is normal.

Brenda Anderson

I've been told (that) about every district has children who won't be in school because of this. Superintendents are unhappy, and there appears to be nothing anybody can do about it.

Jody Siegle

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

Donald Knuth