Unfortunate Quotes

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.

Every unfortunate event does not give rise to lawsuit.

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.

It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by party nor by the Lord, to be Presidents.

Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the accent itself.

It's unbelievable, there's a book out attacking Gore, when he's the most unfortunate loser in political history.

The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada.

CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.

Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism.

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.

Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.

For Beatrice, when we met, my life began. Soon afterwards, yours ended.

Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press.

The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.

The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.

It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera.

When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account.

Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself.

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.

Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings.

Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.

A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable.

It's always unfortunate when a reporter is sent behind bars for failing to turn over sources. There's no way to say what the long-term outcome will be.

It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune.

Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.

It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united.

Life is a series of decisions that cuts off infinite possibilities at every turn. Most people look at that as a sad unfortunate fact of life. Successful people see it as a source of tremendous power.

Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.

The anthropic principle is an unfortunate name as it implies something about humanity.

Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate.

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.

I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate.

The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird.

Haiti was a French colony, but in 1804, the slaves rose up and defeated the French and formed the Republic. For the last 200 years, Haiti has had a very unfortunate history.

Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the White House will be at once discharged.

...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables

A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man.

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

It is unfortunate to consider all lawyers as natural Satanists many are just dumb.

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.

Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged sword Kit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events)

It's unfortunate that the entire country is a racist country.We're living in a country that discriminates, and has certain racist tendencies.

The unfortunate have claims upon the hearts of those whom God has blessed with affluence.

It was an unusual environment. We're used to having the jotter arena at this time of year. It's unfortunate that it was that way, but both teams had to deal with it.

Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only-just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats.

People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.

The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.