U Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with U. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Unfortunately I am afraid, as always, of going on. For to go on means going from here, means finding me, losing me, vanishing and beginning again, a stranger first, then little by little the same as always, in another place, where I shall say I have always been, of which I shall know nothing, being incapable of seeing, moving, thinking, speaking, but of which little by little, in spite of these handicaps, I shall begin to know something, just enough for it to turn out to be the same place as always, the same which seems made for me and does not want me, which I seem to want and do not want, take your choice, which spews me out or swallows me up, I’ll never know . . .”
Source: The Unnamable
“Unfortunately, I could tell that she was not the kind of girl to introduce herself with a kiss.”
Source: Smoke
“Unfortunately, I couldn't reply. Because, if I do, then...
...Then you would end up becoming a mere character of the story.
Because you definitely couldn't become a mere character
[Kim Dokja had learned how to live from this man.]
This man was my father, my older brother and my oldest friend
I couldn't kill this guy. Nor could I beg for his forgiveness either
-Kim Dokja”
Source: 전지적 독자 시점 3 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 3]
“Unfortunately, I didn't change the world today, but I did try to pass the torch.”
“Unfortunately I don't have my grandparents, but Mum and I are working quite well together. That's candid, that's frank. Your grandmother is never going to lie to you.”
“Unfortunately I don't live by a Target now, so I just go to a regular Starbucks as opposed to a Starbucks nested inside a Target, which is my ideal situation. That works out for me. I like that white noise, those interruptions, and the people around me.”
“Unfortunately I feel like a lot of the issues that the show [OJ Simpson ] was dealing with are still very much in the forefront of the American consciousness and the world consciousness today. Police misconduct was at the heart of the defense and Johnny Cochran did a masterful job at putting that defense at the forefront of the jury's conscience as opposed to the double homicide of Ron [Goldman] and Nicole [Brown Simpson].”
“Unfortunately, I grew up in a community that has killed my feelings and sentiment. Moving was the best move I made.”
“Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.”
“Unfortunately I have never been good in math. Numbers simply do not interest me or seem as real to me as words.”
Source: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel
“Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it.”
“Unfortunately, I know that it’s entirely possible to hate what you love. It’s a tormenting feeling, like having two minds, or like your body is constantly being pulled apart by separate ropes.”
Source: High Seas
“Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to fight cadets." He got closer and whispered in Yuan’s ear, "That is ... if you are a cadet.”
Source: Sensiti
“Unfortunately, I'm not the greatest catch. None of us are. We're outcasts for a reason.”
Source: Vendetta Road
“Unfortunately, I'm well versed in dark.”
Source: Breaking the Rules
“Unfortunately I think the Internet knows more about me than I do. I usually look it up to see what I'm going to be doing that next week.”
“Unfortunately, I was realizing more and more that to understand my own privilege was to know the misfortune of others.”
Source: Love and Other Sins
“Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.”
“Unfortunately I'm still straight. But who knows, life is complicated and maybe I'll wake up gay tomorrow! Here's hoping. And congratulations to everyone who lives in a place where they can marry the person they love, regardless of gender!”
“Unfortunately I've been to jail a couple times. Anytime I come in it's difficult to make music, write songs.”
“Unfortunately I've gotten more resistance in the last year than I ever have.”
“Unfortunately in life, justice is not always achieved.”
“Unfortunately in my case, because of what I do for living, here in Ireland is very hard for me to find a doctor who can just deal with me as a person, that can get beyond Sinead O'Connor. I had to go to England to find a psychiatrist for my case.”
“Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.”
“Unfortunately in television, for whatever reason, fantasy became thought of as a kids' genre.”
“Unfortunately, in the empath community, creating boundaries is often approached with a fearful mindset instead of the desire to become fully mature and individuated beings. This fearful mindset often gives rise to terms such as “protection,” “cloaking,” “shielding,” and so forth. Instead of using empowering terms, we empaths tend to use phrases that suggest minimizing or hiding away from others instead of stepping into our natural power.”
Source: Awakened Empath: The Ultimate Guide to Emotional, Psychological and Spiritual Healing
“Unfortunately, in the present political climate any critical thinking about liberalism and democracy might be hijacked by autocrats and various illiberal movements, whose sole interest is to discredit liberal democracy rather than to engage in an open discussion about the future of humanity. While they are more than happy to debate the problems of liberal democracy, they have almost no tolerance of any criticism directed at them.”
Source: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Unfortunately in this world of ours, each person views things through a certain medium, which prevents his seeing them in the same light as others…”
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
“Unfortunately in today’s world a liar seems to be more reliable than a truthful honest man.”
“Unfortunately, in vaccines, it seems the synergistic effects of the toxins have never been studied.”
Source: Vaccine Science Revisited: Are Childhood Immunizations As Safe As Claimed?
“Unfortunately, incest is still quite common and is rife in families with a history of addiction. It is not unusual to hear of a daughter being subjected to incest on the part of her alcoholic father or grandfather, or the adult child of an alcoholic practising incest with her own children. Many recovering drug addicts, sex and love addicts or love avoidants have been victims of incest.”
Source: Drug Addiction Recovery: The Mindful Way
“Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that the modern world is sorely lacking in imagination. And grown-ups are the biggest culprits of all.”
Source: The Mapmaker and the Ghost
“Unfortunately it is perhaps in all our natures that we take the living for granted until they are no longer with us. - Thomas Bond”
Source: Mayhem
“Unfortunately, it is the second most leading cause of death in India. Not all cancers can be categorized as chronic, Some cancers are considered very low-risk, but those that are ongoing and can be watched and treated do become classified as chronic. Cancers such as ovarian, chronic leukemias, some lymphomas, and even some cancers that have spread or come back like metastatic breast or prostate also become chronic cancers”
“Unfortunately it is the weak who destroy the strong.”
Source: The Constant Gardener: A Novel
“Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid.”
“Unfortunately, it's not against the law in this country to drink yourself to death.”
Source: Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again
“Unfortunately, it seems that there is only one way to explain the importance of water to the people of countries with abundant water in today's world: Depriving them of water! So they can grasp what thirst means!”
“Unfortunately, it was far too late to contain the virus. It was already nationwide.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its presence until it's gone, and then you're sorry.”
Source: The Fuller Memorandum
“Unfortunately it's hard for me to be a fanboy for anything these days just because I see so much music.”
“Unfortunately it's hard for me to be a fanboy for anything these days just because I see so much music. And it's not a namedropping thing, but there's just not that many people in this certain small little genre world we live in that I don't know or am not acquainted with. And I like them all; I get along with pretty much everyone. It wouldn't be unusual to see a thousand collaborations at some point.”
“Unfortunately, just like bullets, you can never get words back once they have been sent out into the world.”
Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
“Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.”
“Unfortunately, life doesn’t wait for you to get over your ex; it will carry on.”
Source: From Seeking To Radiating Love: Evolution is unavoidable in the process of overpowering doubt
“Unfortunately, life has a way of kicking you in the balls, so to speak.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“Unfortunately, life is too short to learn as much and do as much as we would like.
~Schuyler Jones, 2011”
Source: Ad Astra: 161 Adventurers, Astronauts, Discoverers, Explorers, Pilots, Pioneers, Scientists
“Unfortunately, life is unfair and not all babies are brought into the world with the same amount of anticipation and affection, as others. No matter what anyone says; we are really not all given an equal start at life. And so what must children be made up of, to come into a world like this one? Children must be made up of silk. They must be brought up with a serenity in their skin but a bulletproof strength in their souls. This is the new breed of children. Ones that are soft to the touch but are truly unbreakable. And unbreakable in a beautiful way; not in a lost way.”
“Unfortunately, life rarely allows INTPs to remain in a state of Ti utopia for long. At some point, they must poke their head out of their shell and engage with people. And where there are people, there are bound to be Fe problems.”
Source: The INTP: Personality, Careers, Relationships, & the Quest for Truth and Meaning
“Unfortunately, love does not guarantee happiness, or even life.”