Top 1200 Unfortunate Circumstances Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

The unfortunate thing about money is that it always raises suspicion even amongst brothers.

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

The unfortunate part about trial by fire in fighting is that people punch you in the face.

It is unfortunate that people believe that in order to democratise something you have to get politicians out of the system.

Income inequality and government corruption are both unfortunate realities in the United States.

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

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

In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.

Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.

A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

It's unfortunate that all business gets painted as wanting to oppose the environment and slow change.

It's unfortunate how people assume so much about your life based on the work you do.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings.

Pakistan doesn't value its artistes. I will get trolled for what I have said, but that is the reality. It is unfortunate.

It's unbelievable, there's a book out attacking Gore, when he's the most unfortunate loser in political history.

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.

We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be.

It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.

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

O troubled forms, O early love unfortunate and hard, Time has estranged you into a jewel cold and pure

It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it.

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

Leadership exists when people are no longer victims of circumstances but participate in creating new circumstances. Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the unfolding of the world. Ultimately, leadership is about creating new realities.

Ideally you want every relationship to work, if it happens it's great, if it doesn't it is unfortunate.

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

It is unfortunate that in a country that has over a billion people, we have just one sport to talk about.

Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all.

When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account.

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

In the segregated South, education was almost like armor. It was a way to put yourself in a category where even with the slings and arrows and humiliations of racism and segregation, somehow you had better control of the situation. I always said my parents understood that you might not be able to control your circumstances, but they and their parents believed that you could control your reaction to your circumstances.

It is unfortunate that nobody has highlighted the work done by actor-turned-politician Sunil Dutt.

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

Because we do not understand all the circumstances surrounding someone's suicide, the level of the person's accountability, and the penalty that the Lord, in his infinite love and wisdom, may see fit to inflict upon the person, we must avoid judgment. Regardless of those circumstances and the Lord's divinely imposed punishment, followers of Christ are to be loving and compassionate to those who are hurt by the act of suicide.

Historyis nothing other than a collection of the lives of people, some of them great, some of them ordinarynothing other than a collection of what people have done in challenging circumstances and how they have risen to those circumstances.

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

The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada.

I feel so bad for him [Bernie Sanders]. It's really unfortunate that he's been caught in the crossfire here.

a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.

I'm an atheist how unfortunate it is to assign responsibility to the higher up for justice amongst people.

Unfortunately, in our culture, one person can write a letter to the network, and they shut something down. It's unfortunate.

I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded that there are maximum aggravating circumstances, which supersede the mitigating circumstances. And there is not a single mitigating circumstance which speaks in favor of the accused, and therefore all the accused deserve (the) death penalty.

In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.

You might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances.

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

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

Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God.

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

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

The problem with copyright is it only protects that literal work. It doesn't protect the design and the ideas. That's unfortunate.

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

Doubtless the lunatic asylums of the world are filled with unfortunate women who have failed to see my charms.

And under the existing circumstances, I understand there are situations where people indeed need care and need services, but I believe in America that the majority of those people are getting those services under situations and circumstances that are afforded to them by their health care providers and their state government.

Don't be too busy for each other because that is something today that I find to be incredibly unfortunate.

It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.

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

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

It's unfortunate that Facebook, as soon as I come and speak out, they ban me from their platforms.

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look.