The Unfortunate Quotes

We live in a society which salves its conscience more by helping the interestingly unfortunate than the dull deserving ... — P.D. James

It is both the duty and responsibility of the world's fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many — Haile Selassie

If Only
but it has been my unfortunate experience that you can't rely on divine intervention and that fate favors the bad as often as the good. — Terry Hayes

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

The unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites. — Phyllis Bottome

Thinking the loss of a loved one was unfortunate, ill timed, sad, or an accident is to miss the gift. — Mike Dooley

There is a point at which the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confounded in a single word, a fatal word, Les Miserables. — Victor Hugo

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy. Boethius, De — Robert Galbraith

Reactionary nostalgia for the proprieties of Victorian England is unfortunate, like a whore looking under the bed for her virginity. — Bruce Robinson

These eggs are broken. Cracked."
"Yes, ma'am. That happens sometimes."
"Does it?"
"Yes, it's the unfortunate part of being an egg. — Peter Hedges

Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. — Mary Shelley

It is unfortunate for us, that, of some of the greatest men, we know least, and talk most. — Homer

Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute. — Blaise Pascal

They are stupid, aren't they?" Dr. Orwell agreed, as though they were talking about the weather instead of insulting young children. — Lemony Snicket

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship. — Lucan

The accident," she said finally, "happened because Klaus was hypnotized."
"What your brother does for a hobby is none of my concern," Sir said. — Lemony Snicket

The death is unfortunate. It is an accident. It is not police atrocity . It is a small and petty matter. — Mamata Banerjee

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

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

When you have only know someone for a few hours it is difficult to now what they would like to hear. — Lemony Snicket

Disengaged employees are an unfortunate reality in the workplace, and poor leadership is often to blame. — W.Chan Kim

It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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

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. — Barbara Walters

-the phrase "lion's share" here means "the biggest part" and has nothing to do with lions or sharing- — Lemony Snicket

We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them. — Luc De Clapiers

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early. — Anthony Trollope

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones. — W. Somerset Maugham

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged. — Democritus

Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order. — Napoleon Hill

That's the unfortunate thing about death. It's so terribly final. — Marie Dressler

I assume he is the one unfortunate enough to be called Ptolemus. — Victoria Aveyard

...a great man. But...not quite great enough. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors. — Laozi

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate. — Publilius Syrus

Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes. — Helen Keller

Inside these letters, the eye will see
Nearby are your friends, and VFD. — Lemony Snicket

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

The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do. — Vance Gilbert

It is unfortunate to have views different from the rest of mankind. It secures abuse. — Daniel Harvey Hill

She has suffered enough horror to realize how fragile happiness is, how eager the universe is to take it away. — Peadar O'Guilin

It was an unfortunate coincidence that despite the new television set's perfect rendition of color the first show that came on was all about zebras. — Anonymous

Truth has a very unfortunate tendency (for the conspirators) to ultimately come out in the open. — Pradip Baijal

The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things. — G. Gordon Liddy

Am I not as much a doctor as they? I too have my patients; in the first place, theirs, whom they call sick; and then my own, whom I call unfortunate. — Victor Hugo

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them. — Jean De La Fontaine

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. — Hubert H. Humphrey

A neglect of one's sentimental education early in life could bear the most unfortunate fruit. — Daniel Kehlmann

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

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. — Karl Kraus

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. — Flea

Even the sick should try these so-called dangerous passes, because for every unfortunate they kill, they cure a thousand. — John Muir

The more people know about you, the less they can project who you are supposed to be. It's unfortunate that you really only get one shot at that. — Rooney Mara

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

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. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Destroy desire completely for the present. For if you desire anything which is not in our power, you must be unfortunate — Epictetus

There is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables — Victor Hugo

IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF CORNERED BY A MEMBER OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN, PICK YOUR NOSE. — Pseudonymous Bosch

If you have to maintain self-esteem by pulling down the standing of others, you are extraordinarily unfortunate. — Harry Stack Sullivan

It's unfortunate. Title IX is rather simple: don't discriminate on the basis of sex. — Birch Bayh

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. — Seneca The Younger

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate. — Democritus

Events that look unfortunate or challenging at the human level are actually taking us to higher levels in the evolution of our soul. — Santosh Joshi

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. — James Joyce

The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective. — Jon Stewart

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting. — Jai Rodriguez

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. — Democritus

Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism. — Benjamin Disraeli

The brave unfortunate are our best acquaintance. — Francis Of Assisi

Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

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

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

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to. — Aristotle.

The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. — W. Somerset Maugham

And I'm supposed to believe that Reagan was a great leader? This is who he chose as the Secretary of Education ... — William Bennett

It was unfortunate the way adults had to repress their true feelings. — Liane Moriarty

The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today. — George Mikes

There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field. — Adah Isaacs Menken

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do. — Plautus

We print 37 million copies, and we found out about the unfortunate news as we were putting the issue to bed. — Olivia Newton-John

How unfortunate that sailing was one of the few occupations where a man could be praised for failing, so long as he did it bravely. — Alexandra Bracken

Love has a most unfortunate effect on the brain, — Elizabeth Peters

I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate. — Bill Bradley

It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press. — Cameron Van Der Burgh

Tonglen dissolves your solid sense of "I'm the wise person, I'm going to help this poor, unfortunate loser." — Pema Chodron

Most educated Indians are bilingual. Amongst the urban elite though, there is a disdain for regional languages. That's unfortunate. — Amish Tripathi

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. — Robert Green Ingersoll

When one has one good day in the year, one is not wholly unfortunate. — Marguerite De Navarre

Curiosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow. — Maria Edgeworth

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel. — H.G.Wells

Alas, it is the dear-bought privilege of the unfortunate to be tedious! — Sophia Lee

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language, which I used in my letter of Aug 29 to Congress McDonough concerning the Marine Corps ... — Harry S. Truman

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

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. — Virgil

If you believe yourself unfortunate because you have loved and lost, perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. — Napoleon Hill

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. — Ariana Grande

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. — Norman Schwarzkopf

How unfortunate is the guy who does not live in the extravagant memory of an infatuated young woman. — Manu Joseph