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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

Author · American

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.

Dirk Benedict

Actor · American · b. 1945

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.

Sherilyn Fenn

Actress · American · b. 1965

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.

Sherilyn Fenn

Actress · American · b. 1965

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

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