Quotes tagged ‘Suffering’

“Suffering isn’t valuable. It’s just suffering, nothing more and nothing less, sometimes necessary and sometimes not. It is bad to suffer for no reason. It’s better not to suffer. And it’s bad for our character: suffering can make us smaller people, less generous, less kind, more fearful, more angry.”

— B.D. McClay, gawker.com

“There was too much money to be made off her suffering.”

— Wesley Morris, imdb.com

“I am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me.”

— David Levithan, amazon.com

“If we feel and learn nothing from the tragedies of the past, then we'll never know how to truly help avoid those same tragedies in the future. Certainly, we can't avoid all pain and suffering, but we can and should learn from it.”

— Rush Limbaugh, amazon.com

“One of the ways that people refuse responsibility is by subscribing to the belief that their suffering shouldn't be happening.”

— Sheryl Paul MA, amazon.com

“Lucky Day: Wherever there is injustice, you will find us. Ned Nederlander: Wherever there is suffering, we'll be there. Dusty Bottoms: Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find... Lucky Day, Ned Nederlander, Dusty Bottoms: The Three Amigos!”

— Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman, Lucky Day, Steve Martin, imdb.com

“I should be ashamed of myself to take such delight in the suffering of others.”

— Margaret Atwood, Sarah Polley, Grace Marks, Sarah Gadon, imdb.com

“And as we sat there listening to the carolers, I wanted to tell Brian it was over now and everything would be okay. But that was a lie, plus, I couldn't speak anyway. I wish there was some way for us to go back and undo the past. But there wasn't. There was nothing we could do. So I just stayed sile…”

— Gregg Araki, Neil, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, imdb.com

“Evil is the worship of suffering for the sake of suffering.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com

“My core goal as an artist is to deconstruct the idea of working, of effort because we are raised to believe that great works of art require suffering.”

— Seth Meyers, Dimo, Fred Armisen, imdb.com

“But we never really allow space for the stories of Palestinians seeking safety and sanctuary to be uplifted. And to me, it is the dehumanization and the silencing of a particular pain and suffering of people, should not be OK and normal. And you can’t be in the practice of humanizing and uplifting t…”

— Ilhan Omar, ips-dc.org

“I came here to live a life, fully, all of it and I'll take it. I'll take all of it. I'll take the whole thing. Because I don't want to miss it. I don't want to have come all this distance to live a human life and miss the experience. I just wanna show up for the whole ride.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, open.spotify.com

“You shall pay, black prince. I shall place a curse of suffering on you that will doom you to a living hell. I curse you with my name. You shall be...Blacula!”

— Raymond Koenig, Joan Torres, Dracula, Charles Macaulay, imdb.com

“Dee Dee Blanchard: My mama used to say, 'Sometimes the only way out of the fire is through it.' Mel: What's that mean? Dee Dee Blanchard: I used to think it meant you have to be brave, but then I realized she meant you have to suffer. You'll learn more from it.”

— Nick Antosca, Lisa Long, Dee Dee Blanchard, Patricia Arquette, imdb.com

“We need to strengthen our foundation of joy and happiness before focusing on our suffering.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.com

“If you are suffering during meditation, your practice is not correct. Practice should be enjoyable and pleasant. It should be full of joy.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.com

“Sometimes “Proof” is just another word for letting people suffer.”

— Malcolm Gladwell, revisionisthistory.com

“The guy Dad sold your car to comes back to get his money, leaves the car. With filthy rags we rub it down until it doesn’t shine and wipe your blood into the seams of the seat. Each snowflake stirs before lifting into the sky as I learn you won’t be dead. The unsuffering ends when the mess of your h…”

— Matt Rasmussen, apmpodcasts.org

“Sensual pleasure is our biological reward for taking care of ourselves.”

— Linda Bacon, amazon.com

“Pain, suffering, death I feel. Something terrible has happened. Young Skywalker is in pain. Terrible pain.”

— Jonathan Hales, George Lucas, Yoda (voice), Frank Oz, imdb.com