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If Michael Steele doesn't make you sad, well, then there's radio host Rush Limbaugh, no longer content with wanting the President to fail, Rush is now calling out Mr. Obama as a girly man.
David Shuster
Journalist · American
The sad thing is, when it comes to diet, is that even when well-intentioned Feds try to do right by us, they fail. Either they're outvoted by puppets of agribusiness, or they are puppets of agribusiness.
Mark Bittman
Author · American
Sadness is also a kind of defence.
Ivo Andric
Writer · 1892 – 1975
What if the Soviet intervention was a blessing in disguise? It saved the myth that if the Soviets were not to intervene, there would have been some flowering authentic democratic socialism and so on. I'm a little bit more of a pessimist there. I think that the Soviets - it's a very sad lesson - by their intervention, saved the myth.
Slavoj Zizek
Philosopher
Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.
Bill Blass
Designer · American · 1922 – 2002
Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
Author · Mexican
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
George Catlin
Artist · American · d. 1872
Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.
Basil C. Hume
After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me.
John Woolman
Clergyman · American · 1720 – 1772
How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Poet · American · b. 1945
It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge.
Soledad O'Brien
The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.
Francis J. Braceland
One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage.
David Simon
Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them. I don't. I don't want you to feel sorry for me.
Judith Moore
Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin' him problems.
Merle Haggard
Musician · American · b. 1937
Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.
Dirk Benedict
Actor · American · b. 1945
There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.
Estelle Parsons
Actress · American · b. 1927
It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.
Oscar Robertson
Athlete · American · b. 1938
Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
Mahalia Jackson
Musician · American · 1911 – 1972
Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.
Patrick Stewart
Actor · English · b. 1940
I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.
Nana Mouskouri
Musician · Greek · b. 1934
It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad.
Kristin Davis
Actress · American · b. 1965
Actually, the moment of victory is wonderful, but also sad. It means that your trip is ended.
Bill Toomey
Athlete · American · b. 1939
If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.
I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.
Sherilyn Fenn
You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad.
Harry Dean Stanton
Actor · American · b. 1926
Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.
Steven Tyler
Musician · American · b. 1948
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.
Alvin Ailey
Dancer · American · 1931 – 1989
Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time.
Artie Lange
Actor · American · b. 1967
We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon.
I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.
Duncan Sheik
Musician · American · b. 1969
I was sad that Corpse Bride was so short. I would've liked to have had her around for way longer. She doesn't actually have that many scenes.
Helena Bonham Carter
Actress · British · b. 1966
I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.
Sarah McLachlan
Musician · Canadian · b. 1968
It's pretty sad when you have to choose between the lesser of two evils.
Meg White
Musician · American · b. 1974
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Corrie Ten Boom
Celebrity · Dutch · 1892 – 1983
Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
Patti Smith
Musician · American · b. 1946
Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man.
Gina Gershon
Actress · American · b. 1962
It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.
Henry Rollins
Musician · American · b. 1961
It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.
Jerry Stiller
Comedian · American · b. 1927
What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don't intend to be one of them.
Boy George
Musician · English · b. 1961
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.
Kevin Bacon
Actor · American · b. 1958
It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.
Tracey Ullman
Comedian · British · b. 1959
Wrap parties can be really sad, actually, disorienting.
Josh Lucas
Actor · American · b. 1971
The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
Bob Marley
Musician · 1945 – 1981
I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place.
Nicolas Cage
Actor · b. 1964
There's a feeling of elation that comes after getting off stage and then there's a feeling of utter sadness that comes after getting off the stage.
Neve Campbell
Actress · Canadian · b. 1973
I'll always be sad that my marriage ended.
Shania Twain
Musician · Canadian · b. 1965
They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green.
Conor Oberst
Musician · American · b. 1980