Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donald Rumsfeld

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

Jack Dee

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.

J. D. Salinger

Boy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it.

J. D. Salinger

It was just terrible! And the worst part was, I knew what a bore I was being, I knew how I was depressing people, or even hurting their feelings- but I just couldn't stop! I just could not stop picking!

Jack Nicholson

The way I reacted to 9/11 was I decided I didn't want to do any movies that are sad or critical. I decided I didn't want to make my living depressing people or making them go home sick, so I just decided I wanted to do comedy for a while and study it for a while. It doesn't mean everybody should do that, but that was my reaction.

I'm trying not to let a depressing thought get into my head.

Joanne Woodward

I'm tired of playing worn-out depressing ladies in frayed bathrobes. I'm going to get a new hairdo and look terrific and go back to school and even if nobody notices, I'm going to be the most self-fulfilled lady on the block.

And we didn't even get the Mickey Mouse show gig, which made for a very depressing train ride back home to Boston.

At some point, I went to the studio and nothing happened. It can be really depressing to sit there and wait for the inspiration that doesn't come. I had to start recording rough song ideas before going to the studio. I did that at home whenever I had a good idea.

Dick Poplar plays a special part in my life ... Some folks say he was just a cook. Well, that is one of the most depressing things people say about the war. Because for every soldier that's in the field, there are 10 soldiers supporting them.

We moved in the winter, so it was really bad. It was really depressing for me. It was really cold, and every day it was snowing. Joe went to school, and I had to stay in the house all the time, watching the snow.

Kathleen Hanna

It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really fun stuff. And then when I'm really happy, I write really depressing stuff.

It's pretty depressing when your whole life comes down to three boxes,

It's a depressing situation. We are way, way behind.

It must be depressing to be frequently outgunned but I've never seen such spirit in all my years at Hartsfield.

It's kind of depressing when you lose like that. Teams like that, they win games like that. Seems like they always come out on top.

Jesse McCartney

It's kind of a dark, depressing film, but it's an incredibly written script,

It's depressing because we know some of the people. Whenever we start thinking about it, we cry.

Horace

The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we had been endowed with.

Jeremy Collier

Emulation is a handsome passion; it is enterprising, but just withal. It keeps a man within the terms of honor, and makes the contest for glory just and generous. He strives to excel, but it is by raising himself, not by depressing others.

Jennifer Coolidge

I always find the most depressing stuff most interesting.

Jennifer Lawrence

You ask if you look good and you know people are lying. It was a depressing thing to experience. I was going to these parties where I used to be ignored and then all of a sudden people are paying attention to me.

Jean Kerr

In the beginning, we made the usual mistake of looking at houses we could afford. I am working on a proposition, hereafter to be known as Kerr's law, which states in essence: All the houses you can afford to buy are depressing.

Jeanette Winterson

The crazy thing is that when we go to somebody's house, what's better than looking at their bookshelves? Nobody's ever going to say, "Can I see the index to your Kindle?" It's so depressing and so unsexy. Sure, it's there, but nobody is going to get excited by that.

Jim Carrey

I don't hate you for loving you. I just hate my heart for choosing someone like you.

Jeff Bridges

Sometimes you'll have a movie that you're very proud of and you think it transcended all of your expectations but it doesn't come out at the right time. I have done movies that have never been released. That can be depressing.

Jenji Kohan

I think it would be exhausting and depressing, to write, to watch and to live, if it was just focused on drama. It's heavy. Also, I think the humor really highlights the pathos and the struggle. You can slam it up against drama, and it makes both shine.

Jay Asher

And what if in the future we're at war again, or we still haven't elected a non-white or non-male president, or the Rolling Stones are still dragging their tired old butts on stage? That would depress me way too much.

Jason Schwartzman

Man, I hate to get depressing on you, but I don't have a game. I'm so alone, so depressed, so dark, no.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

Etta James

A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.

Grimes

I think my music's kind of cold, but I don't know if it's related to the weather. It might be because it's always grey [in Montreal], it's very depressing.

Gerald Vann

Nothing is more depressing and more illogical than aggressive Christianity.