Depression Quotes

I began to think that melancholy was a dialect that only some people knew-or could even hear-and in my conversations, I sought these people out.

Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant.

Too long, the earth has been a madhouse!

In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

I think I suffer from some mild depression.

I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do then survive.

Not since the Depression has the state been this dry, have our rivers been this low, our water table this low, and our reservoirs this low.

Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

I certainly have a very colorful nature, filled with great highs and great lows... in my early adulthood I probably was grappling with some serious depression issues.

There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Nothing good comes out of depression.

They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun. It will just go black. It will just go back to the way it was before.

But through world wars and a Great Depression, through painful social upheaval and a Cold War, and now through the attacks of September 11, 2001, our Nation has indeed survived.

To have gone to all this trouble to get to this is just too stupid! Outside there's brilliant sunshine but I don't feel up to looking at it.

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.

I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

The depths of the Depression. You didn't ask what the job was, what the pay was, you didn't ask about stock options, or - you said yes

A friend of mine once said that there were only two truly national events in the history of the United States. One was the Civil War and the other one was the Depression.

What would I do without you? I'd die of stress and depression before nature killed me.

You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane.

Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.

I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.

Mania is fun. I won't lie, it's fun. But it's usually followed by a soul-crushing depression.

And of course you are mad, if by a madman we mean a mind that questions and rejects every civilized norm.

Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy.

It's enough just to speak when spoken to, to give some minimal reaction to a stimulus. But to actually be the stimulus doesn't even occur to me.

The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself.

To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.

Non-expectation and acceptance. Because expectation leads to resentment and depression, so I have no expectations.

Depression is a treatable medical illness like cancer and heart disease.

My God, I could raise a family of six children and hold down a full-time job with all the energy I expend on depression!

The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.

Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.

I see no reason why 1931 should not be an extremely good year.

Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect.

We're in the money, the skies are sunny; old man depression, you are through, you done us wrong!

It's good to know that if I behave strangely enough, society will take full responsibility for me.

I'm not the type of person to go into depression after defeat.

The worst is over without a doubt.

It's great to be young and insane.

... now I was safe, now I was really crazy, and nobody could take me out of there.

I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could, what grief should I forget!

It often happens that those who spend their time giving light to others, remain in darkness themselves.

The more these readjustments are delayed ... the longer the depression will have to last, and the longer complete recovery is postponed.

It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.

If this depression stays with us, the loser Tuesday is going to be the winner.

The Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money.

I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence.

Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.