Quotes about Unfortunate

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged. Votes: 6

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate. Votes: 6

I have an unfortunate personality. Votes: 4

It's a humbling thing being humble. Votes: 4

It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep. Votes: 4

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them. Votes: 4

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. Votes: 4

A bachelor's life is no life for a single man. Votes: 4

The internet is a great way to get on the net. Votes: 4

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. Votes: 4

The world is more like it is now then it ever has before. Votes: 4

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. Votes: 4

Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. Votes: 4

Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do. Votes: 4

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. Votes: 4

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl. Votes: 4

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey. Votes: 4

The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective. Votes: 4

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder. Votes: 4

In fact, I'm softer than I've ever been, including that unfortunate semester in high school when I simultaneously discovered Krispy Kreme and pot, Votes: 4

The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new. Votes: 4

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings. Votes: 4

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them. Votes: 4

At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey. Votes: 4

Unfortunate the country that needs heroes! Votes: 3

Unfortunate. Unfortunate. Sometimes people struggling for freedom lose their way. Votes: 3

Help the Unfortunate Today. They may become your Mentors Tomorrow. Votes: 3

Unfortunate and wretched are those who have respected a book they did not love and hated those they did. Votes: 3

Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on creating, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative and made their thoughts weak. Votes: 3

The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty is a farcical fictional meditation on female beauty structured as a mash-up of an old episode of Friends, a fairy tale and a murder mystery. Votes: 3

Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is the outcome depends on your response. Votes: 3

We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost. Votes: 3

Daniel Handler's a writer, musician and the author of, among other things, the "Series Of Unfortunate Events" books. He also wrote the TV version of the books that is available now on Netflix. As said, I recommend both media for this story. Votes: 3

That most unfortunate war, which I deeply deplore. Votes: 2

It's unfortunate that in an interview sometimes things can seem so black and white. Votes: 2

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. Votes: 2

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones. Votes: 2

Empathy has some unfortunate features - it is parochial, narrow-minded, and innumerate. We're often at our best when we're smart enough not to rely on it. Votes: 2

This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it. Votes: 2

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. Votes: 2

They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us. Votes: 2

Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say. Votes: 2

It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best record of their history written by local writers. Votes: 2

Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State. Votes: 2

During the Middle Ages they understood that words accompanied by imagery are much more memorable. By making the margins of a book colorful and beautiful, illuminations help make the text unforgettable. It's unfortunate that we've lost the art of illumination. Votes: 2

I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president. Votes: 2

While sanctions against Iran and Syria are intended to constrain those countries' governments, they have had the unfortunate side effect of constraining activists' access to free online software and services used widely across the Middle East, including browsers, online chat applications, and online storage services. Votes: 2

I do not have a family, per se. When I was younger, I grew up in foster care with my brother and sister. It was really a struggle, and knowing that there were people out there with tight-knit families really made my childhood an unfortunate one. Votes: 2

People say Altamont was the 'end of the '60s.' It was unfortunate, but at the time we didn't think of it as signaling anything. The fact that nobody got killed at Woodstock is amazing because that was half a million people. We only had 300,000 at Altamont. Votes: 2

The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because it's kind of a nice thing to say, you know. I think it softens the blow of mortality and having to say goodbye to everything you know and everyone you love and all that kind of thing. Votes: 2

Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament. Votes: 2

The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, because kids are growing up with body image dysmorphia because not everyone is represented on the screen. Votes: 2

Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that's the story that we're not seeing, and it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of children wedlock. Votes: 2

Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully. Votes: 2

My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know. Votes: 2

Like, if you look at Heidi Montag, who got 10 surgeries she didn't need, I think that's unfortunate. I've always been voluptuous with a big butt, but didn't have boobs, so I wanted my body balanced out. My nose was fine in real life, but it didn't photograph well, so I had it tweaked for my line of work. I'm very happy with it. Votes: 2

Yes, Sept 11th was unfortunate Votes: 0

The unfortunate are always egotistical. Votes: 0

I'm gay. It's pretty unfortunate. Votes: 0

We become innocent when we are unfortunate. Votes: 0

The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate. Votes: 0

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate. Votes: 0

The brave unfortunate are our best acquaintance. Votes: 0

By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate. Votes: 0

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous. Votes: 0

Idiots don't know they're idiots, which is unfortunate. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business. Votes: 0

Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors. Votes: 0

The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird. Votes: 0

Every unfortunate event does not give rise to lawsuit. Votes: 0

Every unfortunate event does not give rise to lawsuit. Votes: 0

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends. Votes: 0

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. Votes: 0

That's the unfortunate thing about death. It's so terribly final. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press. Votes: 0

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines. Votes: 0

I've got whole years of unfortunate clothing in '80s. Votes: 0

A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man. Votes: 0

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off. Votes: 0

It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest. Votes: 0

A heart full of wordsAnd an uncooperative mouthMake an unfortunate pairing Votes: 0

Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism. Votes: 0

As I was born to be unfortunate, my sun soon clouded. Votes: 0

A heart full of wordsAnd an uncooperative mouthMake an unfortunate pairing" Votes: 0

She sounded as though love were an unfortunate but unavoidable condition. Votes: 0

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship. Votes: 0

I don't have time to distinguish between the unfortunate and the incompetent. Votes: 0

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate. Votes: 0

I'm in the unfortunate position of having to consider other people's feelings Votes: 0

We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them. Votes: 0

CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself. Votes: 0

Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united. Votes: 0

There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide. Votes: 0

I had no name for that particular hue of orange, other than unfortunate. Votes: 0

It's always unfortunate when something gets misreported and the facts are not clear. Votes: 0

Oh Dear! How unfortunate I am not to have anyone to weep with! Votes: 0

The anthropic principle is an unfortunate name as it implies something about humanity. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate, you know, that you can't change people's - habits, their personal habits. Votes: 0

The unfortunate thing about money is that it always raises suspicion even amongst brothers. Votes: 0

Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings. Votes: 0

What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate. Title IX is rather simple: don't discriminate on the basis of sex. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate to consider all lawyers as natural Satanists many are just dumb. Votes: 0

People who don't have a concept of the whole can do very unfortunate things. Votes: 0

When one has one good day in the year, one is not wholly unfortunate. Votes: 0

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites. Votes: 0

We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded. Votes: 0

the unfortunate have claims upon the hearts of those whom God has blessed with affluence ... Votes: 0

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates. Votes: 0

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. Votes: 0

I was just thinking how unfortunate it'd be to be a fat girl named Candy. Votes: 0

It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies. Votes: 0

A neglect of one's sentimental education early in life could bear the most unfortunate fruit. Votes: 0

It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore. Votes: 0

I'm a pretty chaotic person, but I'm also a perfectionist. It's a very unfortunate mix. Votes: 0

There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from. Votes: 0

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look, Votes: 0

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting. Votes: 0

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good. Votes: 0

Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. Votes: 0

Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path. Votes: 0

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again. Votes: 0

No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is. Votes: 0

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark) Votes: 0

Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man. Votes: 0

A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment. Votes: 0

I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate. Votes: 0

If you have to maintain self-esteem by pulling down the standing of others, you are extraordinarily unfortunate. Votes: 0

Putting Americans at risk for a political reason I think is wrong and I think it's unfortunate. Votes: 0

I considered myself most unfortunate because God had made me inhabit a female body in this world Votes: 0

It's unbelievable, there's a book out attacking Gore, when he's the most unfortunate loser in political history. Votes: 0

Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value. Votes: 0

Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud. Votes: 0

a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act. Votes: 0

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach. Votes: 0

Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself. Votes: 0

A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate. Votes: 0

The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.] Votes: 0

I'm an atheist how unfortunate it is to assign responsibility to the higher up for justice amongst people, Votes: 0

A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate that the country of immigrants has turned its back on immigrants. The atmosphere after 9/11 is toxic. Votes: 0

Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press. Votes: 0

Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order. Votes: 0

Tonglen dissolves your solid sense of "I'm the wise person, I'm going to help this poor, unfortunate loser." Votes: 0

Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. Votes: 0

Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. Votes: 0

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise. Votes: 0

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to. Votes: 0

Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all. Votes: 0

How unfortunate is the guy who does not live in the extravagant memory of an infatuated young woman. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it. Votes: 0

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do. Votes: 0

The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things. Votes: 0

Doubtless the lunatic asylums of the world are filled with unfortunate women who have failed to see my charms. Votes: 0

Curiosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity. Votes: 0

I feel so bad for him [Bernie Sanders]. It's really unfortunate that he's been caught in the crossfire here. Votes: 0

The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada. Votes: 0

People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are. Votes: 0

we live in a society which salves its conscience more by helping the interestingly unfortunate than the dull deserving ... Votes: 0

It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result. Votes: 0

Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post. Votes: 0

How unfortunate it is to be constrained by what people might say at our funeral or on our gravestone. Votes: 0

How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!' Votes: 0

Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous. Votes: 0

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children Votes: 0

O troubled forms, O early love unfortunate and hard, Time has estranged you into a jewel cold and pure Votes: 0

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early. Votes: 0

Most educated Indians are bilingual. Amongst the urban elite though, there is a disdain for regional languages. That's unfortunate. Votes: 0

Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings. Votes: 0

Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism. Votes: 0

half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow. Votes: 0

The death is unfortunate. It is an accident. It is not police atrocity . It is a small and petty matter. Votes: 0

When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end. Votes: 0

Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God. Votes: 0

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy Votes: 0

It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles. Votes: 0

The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate that for some, kindness is an unwarranted expenditure, compassion an avoidable weakness, and love an unnecessary gamble. Votes: 0

The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do. Votes: 0

We print 37 million copies, and we found out about the unfortunate news as we were putting the issue to bed. Votes: 0

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field. Votes: 0

A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance. Votes: 0

We are all different. God made us that way. Drawing a line in the sand due to that is indeed unfortunate. Votes: 0

It was very unfortunate that Allah's Apostle was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise. Votes: 0

I think it's unfortunate how many people today try to build up their own careers by denigrating the work of others. Votes: 0

The labeling of nociceptors as pain fibers was not an admirable simplification, but an unfortunate trivialization under the guise of simplification. Votes: 0

I had an aunt named 'abnormal Shauna' once. But she passed away in an unfortunate cliff-top interpretative dance and fireworks accident." Votes: 0

Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people. Votes: 0

3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is an unfortunate mistake of the devil. But if it repents, it will be saved! Votes: 0

Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping. Votes: 0

One of Satan's sharpest tools is alcohol, for it blinds and deafens, numbs and manacles, impoverishes and maims, and kills unfortunate victims. Votes: 0

It is both the duty and responsibility of the world's fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many Votes: 0

It is an unfortunate irony that music-making intended in part to attract new listeners is usually the least well rehearsed and motivated. Votes: 0

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate that the entire country is a racist country.We're living in a country that discriminates, and has certain racist tendencies. Votes: 0

VH1 does its little '80s retro thing once in a while, all of us in our bad hairdos and unfortunate clothes. Votes: 0

Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged sword Kit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events) Votes: 0

...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables Votes: 0

Building a set is like building a place, but it's a temporary place, because sets usually get torn down. Kind of unfortunate. Votes: 0

I was 11 years old and horse-obsessed. New York City was an unfortunate place for a girl like me to be growing up. Votes: 0

To come across a Master and to miss the Master is the greatest accident, very unfortunate, that can happen to a man. Votes: 0

I could have said some things about Hillary Clinton that would have been unfortunate for her, too. But I don't want to interfere. Votes: 0

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life. Votes: 0

We are an unfortunate priest-ridden race and always were and always will be tell the end of the chapter.... A priest-ridden Godforsaken race. Votes: 0

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language, which I used in my letter of Aug 29 to Congress McDonough concerning the Marine Corps... Votes: 0

If you believe yourself unfortunate because you have loved and lost, perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Votes: 0

Animal cruelty is one of the most unfortunate and barbaric demonstrations of human beings manipulating ill conceived notions of "˜power' over other species. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate that when you want to make some people feel like human beings, they begin to take you as an animal. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It's common sense, really. Votes: 0

I can't believe how some of the most unfortunate people in the world can be the happiest.It's just so enlightening to me. Votes: 0

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also. Votes: 0

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. Votes: 0

Don't invest your love and respect for everyone. These attributes are admired by some. It is unfortunate but it is cold hard truth" Votes: 0

What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend. Votes: 0

It is an unfortunate discovery certainly, that of a law which binds us where we did not know before that we were bound. Votes: 0

One of the unfortunate things about our education system is that we do not teach students how to avail themselves of their subconscious capabilities. Votes: 0

It's really unfortunate that instead of focusing on the really important issues in our world, Donald Trump chooses to make personal attacks on people. Votes: 0

A designer must always think about the unfortunate production engineer who will have to manufacture what you have designed; try to understand his problems. Votes: 0

For there is in mankind an unfortunate propensity to make themselves, their views and their works, the measure of excellence in every thing whatsoever Votes: 0

The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth. Votes: 0

It's very unfortunate that war has always been and probably always will be a part of human beings on this planet. It's a terrible thing. Votes: 0

There is no denying that downsizing can happen when a company receives private equity funding. It is unfortunate and hard on everyone who is affected. Votes: 0

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. Votes: 0

Whenever I read statistical reports, I try to imagine my unfortunate contemporary, the Average Person, who, according to these reports, has 0.66 children, 0.032 cars, and 0.046 TVs. Votes: 0

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself. Votes: 0

While the death of young men in war is unfortunate, it is no more serious than the touching of mountains and wilderness areas by humankind. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It's an unfortunate fact that I'm easily discouraged. But the fortunate truth is I'm stubborn as hell and near impossible to sway in my resolve. Votes: 0

How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant Votes: 0

[Zwarte Piet] is unfortunate, and just like the early American blackface films, if it offends a segment of the population, it shouldn't be shown again. Votes: 0

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken. Votes: 0

... one of art photography's most vigorous enterprises--[is] concentrating on victims, on the unfortunate--but without the compassionate purpose that such a project is expected to serve. Votes: 0

I was getting a lot of really nasty feedback about my weight during 'Fargo,' which is unfortunate because I am statistically a completely average-size woman. Votes: 0

At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. It's unfortunate because these people need the money less than the voiceover artist. Votes: 0

The world is filled with unfortunate souls who didn't hear opportunity knock at the door, because they were down at the convenience stor buying lottery tickets. Votes: 0

I think Hollywood is in love with sequels. If it's successful once, just jazz it up and shoot it out there again. I think it's unfortunate. Votes: 0

This life is but a dream. A state of sleep but how unfortunate that man's eyes open only when they are about to be closed (forever). Votes: 0

The worst thing to happen to Lincoln - aside from the unfortunate incident at Ford's theatre - was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg. Votes: 0

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman. Votes: 0

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

People are naive about such things, and they would rather write them off as evil than attempt to understand them. An unfortunate truth, but a truth nonetheless. Votes: 0

As Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions. Votes: 0

Intersectionality may well sound like some unfortunate bowel complaint resulting in copious use of a colostomy bag, and indeed it does contain a large amount of ordure. Votes: 0

Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition. Votes: 0

As marriage was woman's business, unmarried women, though doubtless unfortunate, must simply be considered as business failures: harsh, doubtless, but in tune with the sink-or-swim capitalist times. Votes: 0

You have to go back to the Children's Crusade in 1212 AD to find as unfortunate and fatuous an attempt at manipulated hysteria as the Women's Liberation Movement. Votes: 0

The most elementary of good manners . . . at a social gathering one does not bring up the subject of personalities, sad topics or unfortunate facts, religion, or politics. Votes: 0

I believe politics is a team sport. That, for awful and unfortunate reasons beyond any of our control, the American system only allows, effectively, for two teams. Votes: 0

I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value for society. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think it's been unfortunate, but it's happened, that since the Great Recession, the gains have all gone to the top. And we need to reverse that. Votes: 0

I'm always put in the unfortunate position of asking people to donate money and people I know in bands to play benefit concerts and all this stuff. Votes: 0

I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you. Votes: 0

I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery. Votes: 0

There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him. Votes: 0

I've heard Donald [Trump]s ay this at his rallies, and it's really unfortunate that he paints such a dire negative picture of black communities in our country. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to write about a "haunted" film, something imbued with a malign, potentially fatal attraction, an image which poisons everyone who's unfortunate enough to view it. Votes: 0

No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot. Votes: 0

I'm so worried that I'm going to perfect [my] technique someday. I have to say its unfortunate how many of my pictures do depend upon some technical error. Votes: 0

I have an unfortunate compulsion. I really would rather not do it, as it is very nerve-wracking and un-fun. But when it works, there is nothing like it. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Uneducated people are unfortunate in that they do grasp complex issues, educated people, on the other hand, often do not understand simplicity, which is a far greater misfortune. Votes: 0

To doubt is a misfortune, but to seek when in doubt is an indispensable duty. So he who doubts and seeks not is at once unfortunate and unfair. Votes: 0

Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate we were put in the position where the Republicans made it clear they were ready to let everything fall unless they got these tax cuts . Votes: 0

The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback. Votes: 0

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous. Votes: 0

Almost every labourer has his Sunday suit, very often really good clothes, sometimes glossy black, with the regulation 'chimney pot'. His unfortunate walk betrays him, dress how he will. Votes: 0

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either is famous or becomes famous. Votes: 0

At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people. Votes: 0

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate when people say you can't wear skirts or do item numbers, or a girl can't dress in a certain way. Are we going back to dark ages? Votes: 0

You don't know what it is to stay a whole day with your head in your hands trying to squeeze your unfortunate brain so as to find a word. Votes: 0

It's a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate that women feel they have to resort to something sensational... All the videos I see now are sexy and raunchy. What's the point? I don't get it? Votes: 0

I am convinced the most unfortunate people are those who would make an art of love. It sours other effort. Of all artists, they are certainly the most wretched. Votes: 0

There is no happiness for him who oppresses and persecutes; no, there can be no repose for him. For the sighs of the unfortunate cry for vengeance to heaven. Votes: 0

It's quite unfortunate how some people would like you when you are barely making ends meet, but would hate you with a passion if you start to do well. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn't want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I'd never experienced it. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It was unavoidable, my writing. I feel I had no choice in the matter, no more than I had about an unfortunate bone structure and a healthy head of hair. Votes: 0

Conscience, the organ of feeling which dominates us and of the opinions which rule us, is presumptuous in the strong, timid in the weak and unfortunate, uneasy in the undecided. Votes: 0

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina. Votes: 0

I think you have to be fair with one another. It's unfortunate when someone does something that's not authentic, or not there for any reason other than to draw attention. Votes: 0

The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not disqualified from acting in response to it. Votes: 0

I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow. Votes: 0

My biggest fear is that a paparazzi or someone ... is going to come in my backyard and see me when I get in my pool. That would be very unfortunate. Votes: 0

Men of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because they are apt to go out of the common road by the quickness of their imagination. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

the so-called co-efficient of heritability, which I regard as one of those unfortunate short-cuts, which have often emerged in biometry for lack of a more thorough analysis of the data. Votes: 0

We have this unfortunate habit in the United States of dividing terrorism into different categories. External, foreign terrorism, which manifests itself overseas or in the United States, or domestic terrorism. Votes: 0

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think psychotherapy saves lives and is hugely meaningful and I think that one of the unfortunate aspects of prescription drugs working well is that people tend to think that's enough. Votes: 0

[The decision to travel to Washington and deliver the speech] has injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship Votes: 0

Isaac out of surgery. It went well. He's officially NEC. NEC meant "no evidence of cancer." A second text came a few seconds later. I mean, he's blind. So that's unfortunate. Votes: 0

There is nothing, I think, more unfortunate than to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children who go to watch their school play basketball every Saturday and regard that as their weeks exercise. Votes: 0

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune. Votes: 0

Sir,' I interrupted him, 'you are inexorable for that unfortunate lady; you speak of her with hate --- with vindictive antipathy. It is cruel --- she cannot help being mad. Votes: 0

All that now seems to stand between Nigel and the prospect of the world crown is the unfortunate fact that fate brought him into this world only two years after Kasparov. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate that there's such a disconnect between what's happening on our legislatures and what the public knows about, the consequences what that means for ourselves, our mothers and our wives. Votes: 0

I'm 27 and guys are pitching into their 40s now. For unfortunate reasons, I haven't been healthy since 2005. But I feel that I have a lot of great years ahead of me. Votes: 0

For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is a very unfortunate expression of insensitivity. Votes: 0

Monetary policy suffers from the unfortunate absence of any occult effect. It has long been clear that economic management...would be greatly facilitated if resort could occasionally be had to witchcraft. Votes: 0

I have enormous respect for Derek Parfit, although he seems to me bound within an unfortunate philosophical tradition - rather like the extraordinarily brilliant exponents of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Middle Ages. Votes: 0

Like Midas, the Rationalist is always in the unfortunate position of not being able to touch anything, without transforming it into an abstraction; he can never get a square meal of experience. Votes: 0

Poetry' is what distinguishes the cubist paintings Picasso and I arrived at intuitively from the lifeless sort of painting those who followed us tried, with such unfortunate results, to arrive at theoretically. Votes: 0

Advocates of capitalism like to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate. Votes: 0

Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really, in its pure and original meaning, it's just thoughtful inquiry. Votes: 0

I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously. Votes: 0

It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects. Votes: 0

Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak. Votes: 0

You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk Band. Until an unfortunate typo caused us to be expelled from school. Votes: 0

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away. Votes: 0

Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It really comes down to the fact that, because I was perceived as a bad guy for leaving the show, I think people were rooting against the movies. That was really unfortunate. Votes: 0

If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the law in some cities. It's definitely a bummer. It's unfortunate. Votes: 0

I had a ludicrous childhood, but I feel that I was able to profit from a lot of the idiotic and unfortunate things that happened to me by turning them into fiction." Votes: 0

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life. Votes: 0

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations. Votes: 0

I had a ludicrous childhood, but I feel that I was able to profit from a lot of the idiotic and unfortunate things that happened to me by turning them into fiction. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Our experiences always teach us something. If the experience is "bad", then the lesson is even more powerful and meaningful. Every unfortunate incident makes us stronger and better equipped to handle new challenges. Votes: 0

Mary, I give you my heart. Always keep it yours. Jesus, Mary, always be my friends. I beg you, let me die rather than be so unfortunate as to commit a single sin. Votes: 0

Many people first encounter Jesus during childhood when they are suddenly confronted by a horrifying statue of a man nailed to a cross, and this is often a most unfortunate and repulsive beginning. Votes: 0

In Lullabies, I wanted to capture what I remembered of the drunken babbling of unfortunate twelve-year-olds: their illusions, their ludicrously bad choices, their lack of morality and utter disbelief in cause and effect Votes: 0

We Russians have assigned ourselves no other task in life but the cultivation of our own personalities, and when we're barely past childhood, we set to work to cultivate them, those unfortunate personalities. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate when final decisions are made by chieftains headquartered miles away from the front, where they can only guess at conditions and potentialities known only to the captain of the battlefield. Votes: 0

All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate peoples into a state of poverty, especially farmers, working-class people, and the very poor. Votes: 0

That was unfortunate. I should have compared religion with religion and compared Islam not with Trinity College but with Jews, because the number of Jews who have won Nobel Prizes is phenomenally high. Votes: 0

The surname of an atheist is compound unfortunate plus being, therefore unfortunate-beings, making all atheists unfortunate beings because human beings are created by God and not products of big bang atoms undergoing evolution. Votes: 0

It is not easy to conceive of anything that would be more unfortunate in a community based upon the ideals of which Americans boast than any considerable development of intolerance as regards religion. Votes: 0

Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree Votes: 0

Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree. Votes: 0

By empowering people to initiate a conversation prior to surgery regarding their pain control options, we hope to reduce the incidence of narcotic addiction and all of the unfortunate consequences that surround it. Votes: 0

The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day. Votes: 0

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow. Votes: 0

This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of idle chatter, and pour into our wounded bosoms the soothing balm of vengeance. Votes: 0

This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of idle chatter, and pour into our wounded bosoms the soothing balm of vengeance. Votes: 0

Sundance is going to be a defining moment in my life. But the unfortunate thing about Sundance is, when you have a film there, you can't have the opportunity to see other films. Votes: 0

Should you be unfortunate enough to have vices, you may, to a certain degree, even dignify them by a strict observance of decorum;at least they will lose something of their natural turpitude. Votes: 0

That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly. Votes: 0

People kill what they fear. They burned, and drowned, and hanged those they saw as witches, the devil's servants: the wise women and the cunning men, the unfortunate, the lost and the strange Votes: 0

One of the most unfortunate side effects of the urban activism of the '60s and '70s is the belief that development is wrong and that fighting it makes you an environmentalist. Votes: 0

In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately. Votes: 0

The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most brutal part of mankind - the lower animals. Votes: 0

It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often those most eager to violate animal life at the first opportunity. Votes: 0

I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences, and historians will tell different stories corresponding to different things. Votes: 0

Ambassador Mulford has made wide-ranging intervention in the internal affairs of India. To say the least, it is very unfortunate. It confirms our earlier apprehension that he is directly interfering in India's internal affairs. Votes: 0

Where in the world did you get that dress?" "Present from Zu." "You look like you want to throw it in a fire." "I can't promise there won't be an unfortunate accident later on. Votes: 0

The Navy is the asylum for the perverse, the home of the unfortunate. Here the sons of adversity meet the children of calamity, and here the children of calamity meet the offspring of sin. Votes: 0

AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island. Votes: 0

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate." Votes: 0

Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay. Votes: 0

I find above all that the expression, atonal music, is most unfortunate — it is on a par with calling flying the art of not falling, or swimming the art of not drowning. Votes: 0

This enthusiasm [for empathy] may be misplaced. Empathy has some unfortunate features – it is parochial, narrow-minded and innumerate. We're often at our best when we're smart enough not to rely on it. Votes: 0

The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the last couple of meters - is what motivates me. Votes: 0

You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked. Votes: 0

Most animals are like the unfortunate Gregor Samsa after metamorphosis. They are Kafka-creatures, organisms with rich thoughts and emotions but no system for translating what they think into something that they can express to others. Votes: 0

I think that's most unfortunate about our Democratic system, that you're confining it to people who are either very wealthy in their own right or have capacity to gain access to large amounts of money. Votes: 0

I can trust you, Jessie, but you're clearly not well enough to go. Which is unfortunate, since Aloysius always had a weakness for a pretty face." "Even more reason why I should go," said Will. Votes: 0

In effect, Gore is unwittingly characterizing a large segment of the US population as the next 'Willie Horton.' This is unfortunate and counterproductive to any dialogue between those who 'believe' and those who don't. Votes: 0

Philippine President Joseph Estrada said he was saddened by the conviction. It's very unfortunate and what happened is saddening, ... If he really is innocent, then the day will come that his name will be cleared. Votes: 0

I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But] it's a fact of globalization, and we must consider it. Votes: 0

Hat head is a sad affliction wherein the chosen hat and the selected hairstyle are grossly incompatible. The unfortunate combination results in a condition that can be hidden only with the application of another hat. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations. Votes: 0

It appears that no one is so unfortunate that he or she is exempt from spending cuts, while at the same time no one is so fortunate as to be ineligible for a tax cut Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Religion is nothing more than a useless and sometimes dangerous, evolutionary accident. Religious behavior may be a misfiring, an unfortunate byproduct of an underlying psychological propensity which in other circumstances is, or once was, useful. Votes: 0