“Because depression is so thematically powerful and so dark, when it's very severe, it can make people feel not only as if they've lost a loving connection, but as if the whole world is devoid of love. So if we wonder how somebody could take 149 people with him when he commits suicide, one answer can be that depression, when it's most severe, can make people feel that life is completely without value, not just for them but for anyone.” PeopleIfsWorldLoveLifeFeelsWholeLife IsValuesLostDarkAnswersPowerfulWonderConnectionsSuicideWhole WorldCommitLove LifeSevereOne Love Author:Keith Ablow
“In the first two years of my career, there were a lot of restraints on what I could do. I couldn't wear certain colors of lipstick, like bright pink, dark pink or red; [my lips] had to be natural. Eventually, I stopped communicating with certain people at the label, and did exactly what I wanted to do. And that was to cut my hair, dye it black, change my clothes, change my sound. Really to just express myself.” PeopleYearsFirstsTwoWantedCertainSoundBlackNaturalDarkCareersCuttingColorHairClothesRedLipsCommunicateLabelsTwo YearsRestraintLipstickHair Dye Author:Rihanna
“Planned Parenthood's entire existence is basically based on keeping people in the dark through euphemism. You don't call it genocide, you call it reproductive health. So that's why Planned Parenthood has - nobody really thought.” PeopleDarkExistenceParenthoodGenocidePlanned ParenthoodEuphemismReproductive Health Author:Greg Gutfeld
“I think that even in a drama, we all want to smile, and laugh because what a horrible life if we're just like "I'm in a drama." And so I think in everything you're trying to look for the humor, even if it's a dark scene, because most people want to have fun in life, as opposed to have a boring time, a terrible time.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingLooksFunDarkLaughingTerribleDramaSceneBoringHorribleHaving FunSmile And LaughTerrible TimesHorrible Life Author:David Koechner
“I've played characters who are dark and have done things I never have experienced, which is why I try to find the reasons why they do what they do. We're all people, and go through similar emotions.” PeopleTryingReasonDoneCharacterDarkEmotionReason Why Author:Michael Eklund
“A scary movie puts a lot of people, a mob, in one place. There are advantages to that because the panic runs through the audience. If it's a good movie, the fear jumps from one person to the next. You can find yourself screaming just because everybody around you is screaming. There's a real atmosphere of terror. It's also visual, which means that you can't look away from this thing - it's happening. You're in the dark. It's like a nightmare. It's like a dream. It's very, very visual. It works on all those levels.” PeopleIfsLooksMeanPersonsRealDreamRunningNextDarkLevelsAudienceHappeningsAdvantageTerrorScaryAtmosphereVisualsNightmareFinding YourselfPanicGood Movie Author:Stephen King
“People just like the thrill of anything. Dangerous things and dark things are exciting. Like as a kid, I knew I wasn't going to get killed if I went into the Haunted House but you kind of feel like you are. And when it comes out the track the other side, it's like, "we're still alive"! And I find it really funny when adults get really scared because I've not been really scared since I saw Jaws when I was a little kid. I just think people like the thrill of it, they like to feel like they accomplished something, that they survived the movie.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsKindLittlesStillsKidsHouseSidesDarkSawsAliveDangerousLike YouAdultsExcitingTrackScaredAccomplishedSurvivedThrillLittle KidGet RealDangerous ThingsDark ThingsHaunted Houses Author:Rob Zombie
“Generally, it's not good to be engaged directly with the political system unless you are qualified. It`s a very depressing business, the way politics works. You get stuck into it, but then, at some point, you have to walk away. I had to walk away, because it's like this dark, black energy void. There are some people who have dedicated their lives to living in that energy void, but I can't do it. I just can't go there. It feels like you're treading water too much when you do. It's a crazy thing.” PeopleWayFeelsI CanPoliticalEnergyBlackWaterDarkWalksToo MuchCrazyLike YouStuckEngagedDedicatedVoidDepressingQualifiedPolitical SystemsCrazy ThingsTreadingVery DepressingTreading Water Author:Thom Yorke
“I'm very proud of the work I do, but I genuinely can't involve myself with an audience as early as somebody who's not part of the film can. So there's that side of theater that appeals to me, where you give something and the response to what you've created is a communion between you and the dark that contains however many people. It's thrilling not having a reflection other than through the people you're communicating with. But people ask, "What do you prefer?" and I don't have a preference. I love them both. I really do.” PeopleGivingFilmAsksSidesDarkAudienceProudReflectionTheaterResponseCommunicateAppealsCommunionPreferenceThrilling Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“You have to be careful with fans, they'll turn on you. They turn quick. Twitter can go dark fast. If you talk about something serious on Twitter, you better be ready. If you try to pull out real facts or talk about political opinions or something religious, forget it. Like if people asked me who I was voting for, you couldn't touch that one.” PeopleIfsTryingRealFactsPoliticalTurnsReligiousDarkForgetOpinionFansSeriousReadyCarefulVotingBe CarefulForget ItTurn-onPolitical Opinions Author:Bruce Campbell
“Nowadays, when you make movies, you don’t need any lights at all. You have to remember, back in the day, the film stocks that they had were very, very insensitive and they would have these humongous lights and lighting was everything, so everyone looked good. Nowadays with digital film where you don’t need any light at all, you could shoot in the [bleep] dark. It makes people not look so good and it makes aging on film much, much harder.” PeopleNeedsLooksLightRememberFilmDarkHarderAgingDigitalLightingInsensitiveBack In The Day Author:Jamie Lee Curtis
“I don't meet many people that are evil. I meet human beings who are flawed, who are mentally ill and have enormous problems, but I don't think I've ever met someone who was a totally dark energy that had no humanity or sense of love or affection for anything in their life. That's very rare.” PeopleThinkingHumansProblemHumanityEvilEnergyDarkHuman BeingsMetsIllAffectionEnormousFlawedMentally IllDark Energy Author:Richard Gere
“I'm not against people just being funny or telling stories. I don't need to delve into the soft, dark core all the time. If it happens, it happens.” PeopleIfsNeedsStoriesHappensDarkCoreJust BeingTelling StoriesBeing Funny Author:Marc Maron
“One of the great things about humor is, you can slip things past people with humor, you can use it as a sweetener. So you can actually tell them things, give them messages, get terribly, terribly serious and terribly, terribly dark, and because there are jokes in there, they'll go along with you, and they'll travel a lot further along with you than they would otherwise.” PeopleGivingUsePastDarkSeriousMessagesJokesGreat ThingsSlipsThings PastSweeteners Author:Neil Gaiman
“The classic comedian says there's nothing that's taboo; if you laugh at one thing you've got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.” PeopleIfsLightDarkLaughingComedyOne ThingAreasComedianClassicTaboo Author:Bo Burnham
“I was horrified of the dark. I realized that the only way I could get over that fear was by scaring other people, so I became obsessed with ghost stories, drawing monsters, watching monster movies, sneaking into horror movies, and it's just been the love of my life forever.” PeopleWayStoriesDarkForeverHorrorDrawingI RealizedMonstersGhostObsessedGet OverLove Of My LifeGhost StoriesMonster Movie Author:Matthew Gray Gubler
“The dark side of blogging is, of course, people can be (and are) just savage and uncivilized, deeply cruel and fully unaccountable.” PeopleCoursesSidesDarkSavagesDark SideBloggingUncivilized Author:Augusten Burroughs
“I've always been fascinated by dark subjects, especially people's reactions to them. Why are people so uncomfortable talking about death if everyone dies?” PeopleIfsDiesDarkTalkingSubjectsReactionsUncomfortableFascinated Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I've found, across the board, that comedians have been very respectful and kind to me. And that seems to stem from the fact that they are just respectful and kind people in general. Comedians get a bad rap for being dark and anti-social I think.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensFactsSeemsFoundSocialDarkRapComedianBoardsStemRespectfulAnti SocialKind People Author:Bo Burnham
“In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that you know the nature of that period and the state of human existence in those ages. The Renaissance broke the rules of the mystics. "Renaissance" means the "rebirth". Few people today will care to remind you that it was a rebirth of reason - of man's mind.” PeopleKnowsMenMindHumansMeanStatesReasonCareAgeTodayDarkExistenceKnownHistoryMiddlePeriodsCivilizationAssumingWesternBrokeMysticismRebirthMiddle AgesDark AgesRenaissanceHuman ExistenceWestern Civilization Author:Ayn Rand
“The advance of human freedom - the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time - now depends on us. Our nation - this generation - will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.” PeopleWorldHumansNationsCausesDarkEffortHistoryViolenceFailingGenerationsDependsAchievementThreatLiftsOur TimeOur FutureTireThis GenerationGreat AchievementHuman FreedomGreat Hope Author:George W. Bush
“We the people, so to speak, need to realize that if we can keep ourselves fed, we might get through this long dark tunnel of power down, and mitigate the consequences of CO2.” PeopleIfsNeedsLongMightSpeakRealizingDarkConsequenceDown AndFedsTunnelsCo2 Author:Wes Jackson
“It means a lot to me that people appreciate what I do. That's why I give a lot of importance to my fans and I like to maintain a certain proximity to them. I already feel very thankful that people enjoy my work so much, and becoming famous is not my ultimate goal. I think it's important to keep a good balance between what I want to do and what people want to hear; otherwise I might fall into the dark side.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingFeelsMeanImportantMightCertainFallEnjoySidesGoalDarkFansBecomingBalanceAppreciateUltimateImportanceDark SideUltimate GoalProximityVery ThankfulBecoming Famous Author:Shook
“It comes out of human beings, it comes from the dark side of the human being, when people don't give a hoot about other people and they'll steal and rob and rob the food out of baby's mouths, so it's incumbent on every new generation to develop a social conscience and to really defend themselves. And that takes demonstrations sometimes.” PeopleGivingHumansSometimesSocialSidesDarkHuman BeingsGenerationsBabyMouthsConscienceStealingDemonstrationDark SideNew GenerationIncumbentsHoot Author:Luis Valdez
“Adverbs is a book about love, and I thought that was pretty cheerful, but people who are reading it now are telling me that it's actually quite dark.” PeopleBookReadingDarkCheerfulAdverbs Author:Daniel Handler
“Happy Families. What's that all about, eh? A bloody busted flush is what it is. You surround yourself with other people so the night doesn't seem quite so dark. Shout down the sound of the wind with arguments about whose turn it is to wash the dishes. Best not to kid yourself. Best not to give any hostages to fortune. You're on your own in the end. Always. Where else would you want to be?” PeopleWantGivingEndsSeemsKidsNightTurnsSoundDarkWindArgumentFortuneSurroundBloodyDishesSurround YourselfHostageHappy FamilyBusted Author:Mike Carey
“Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.” PeopleThinkingDarkImpulse Author:Stephen Hopkins
“I don't think there's much point in putting me a deep, dark, heavy, emotional film because there are people who do it so much better than I do.” PeopleThinkingFilmDarkEmotionalHeavyHairstylesDeep Dark Author:Hugh Grant
“I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner. I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me if I could not be found. I, the Lord, speak only what is true and declare only what is right.” PeopleIfsFoundSpeakDarkLordIsraelCornersIf I CouldObscurity Author:Isaiah
“People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always thought Mulder and Scully were the light in dark places.” PeopleWayMadeCharacterShowsLightDarkSawsMade ItFilesDark PlacesStorylineX FilesScully Author:Chris Carter
“I think there are families that are very kind and supportive of people's ability to change. People who come from such families may go through life without dipping into the dark night.” PeopleThinkingKindMayNightDarkAbilitySupportiveDark NightAbility To Change Author:Sam Keen
“I've seen a lot in my life, and everybody goes down the dark, winding staircase eventually. It's a bad place to be and that's why having good friends is always essential. Those are the people who pull you out.” PeopleDarkEssentialsGood FriendStaircases Author:Daniel Craig
“A Dark Age is not just a period in which people no longer know how to do things. The real key is that people no longer remember that certain things can be done at all.” PeopleKnowsRealDoneAgeRememberCertainDarkKnow HowKeysPeriodsDark Ages Author:Jerry Pournelle
“In this country, intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face ... Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and incovenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban ... At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of iedas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.” PeopleThinkingNeedsIdeasCountryMomentsFactsBodyFacesGivenDarkAcceptingEnemyWorstIntellectualJournalistOfficialsCowardiceOrthodoxyBansWorst Enemy Author:George Orwell
“Because I am a bad girl, people always automatically think that I am a bad girl. Or that I carry a dark secret with me or that I'm obsessed with death. The truth is that I am probably the least morbid person one can meet. If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsGirlDarkSecretTruth IsObsessedLove LifeMorbidI Love LifeBad GirlDark Secrets Author:Angelina Jolie
“Cinema is a wonderful art form for talking about loneliness. We can experience films together with other people. It can be a collective experience of loneliness. We're alone in the dark of the theater, but with other people.” PeopleArtTogetherFilmFormDarkTalkingWonderfulLonelinessTheaterCinemaCollectivesAlone In The Dark Author:Joachim Trier
“It's great when you can bait and switch people - and I don't mean that in a negative way, I mean that in truth. If we were advertising this movie as a very serious indictment about the hunt for war criminals, and it's a very dark drama, it would probably get great reviews, but people would stay away from it because no one wants to be lectured.” PeopleIfsWayWantMeanWarDarkSeriousDramaNegativeCriminalsAdvertisingReviewsHuntsBaitIndictment Author:Richard Shepard
“I see myself as the oldest griot tradition of speaking to truth out here. There's a dark side that people don't even know is there.” PeopleKnowsSidesDarkTraditionDark Side Author:Malik Yusef
“I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantCharacterActionDarkSituationDangerousSmartDefinitionsHardestEndeavorSequenceAlleysSmart PeopleAction MovieCinematicDangerous SituationsDark Alleys Author:Doug Liman
“I tell people this over and over again: don't attach your faith to people. People will come and go. People will disappoint you. People will divulge dark secrets. People will turn out to be the opposite of what you thought. Allah is perfect. His Messenger (peace be upon him) is a perfect example, and the religion is a perfect methodology. Attach yourself to the principles instead of the people. That way no Shaykh going wild or role model going rogue will be able to shake your faith.” PeopleWayAbleTurnsDarkPerfectSecretPrinciplesRolesExampleModelsOppositesShakesRole ModelsMuslimComes And GoesDisappointMessengersRoguesMethodologyDark SecretsDivulgeUnshakable Faith Author:Omar Suleiman
“Positive energy brings good feelings, and dark energy often means harm. But the destruction in dark energy is also a subtle aspect of construction, like how even forest fires have their benefits. Sometimes enemies are our best teachers, people can learn from their mistakes, destruction sometimes means rebirth.” PeopleMeanSometimesFeelingsEnergyDarkMistakeEnemyFireTeacherBenefitsAspectDestructionHarmForestsSubtleConstructionRebirthBest TeacherPositive EnergyGood FeelingForest FiresDark Energy Author:Keanu Reeves
“With voice acting it just matters what your voice can do. There are some things that I won't get over other people because my register isn't as deep as other people. So if someone wants a deep, dark, brooding villain voice then they are probably not going to pick me.” PeopleIfsWantMatterVoiceCan DoDarkActingPicksVillainGet OverRegisterBroodingPick MeDeep DarkVoice Acting Author:Ashly Burch
“Colour disturbs people. I am confident in black, not in light. This dark side of life is attractive to me forever and from the beginning. I am a lazy designer when it comes to colour.” PeopleLightLife IsSidesBlackDarkForeverAttractiveDesignerColourLazyDark Side Author:Yohji Yamamoto
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. In effect, the people who change our lives the most begin to sing to us while we are still in darkness. If we listen to their song, we will see the dawning of a new part of ourselves.” PeopleIfsFeelsStillsLightSongDarkDarknessOur LivesEffectsBirdDawn Author:Rabindranath Tagore
“People have a very limited idea of what being creative is - playing the guitar or the flute or writing poetry - so people go on writing rubbish in the name of poetry. You have to find out what you can do and what you cannot do. Everybody cannot do everything. You have to search and find your destiny. You have to grope in the dark, I know. It is not very clear-cut what your destiny is, but that's how life is. And it is good that one has to search for it - in the very search, something grows.” PeopleKnowsWritingIdeasLife IsNamesGrowsCan DoDarkDestinyCreativeClearCuttingGoes OnGuitarBe CreativeOur DestinyYour DestinyRubbishWriting PoetryFlutes Author:Rajneesh
“I am not embarrassed to say that when I was at my worst I took anti-depressants because I think people need to hear that. I think if you are in a dark place where you can't pull yourself out, you may need to ask for help.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsMayHelpingAsksDarkWorstEmbarrassedDark PlacesDepressants Author:Olivia Newton-John
“I think that television lately has been extremely dark and, in some ways, cynical but I also think that people who are writing those shows probably feel exactly as I do - that sometimes the darkness of a story can highlight the light in a story. There's a lot of cynical stuff but I think it may be even more in movies now where you see so many movies about cynical and corrupted characters. That's the state of many movies right now but movies, television, all of culture, there's always going to be a battle between the stories that are cynical and stories that are hopeful.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsWritingMayHas BeensSometimesStatesCharacterStoriesShowsLightCultureStuffDarkDarknessTelevisionRight NowBattleHopefulCynicalHighlights Author:Randall Wallace
“I like sitting in the dark and watching people far more talented than I'll ever be sing my songs and say my words. It's thrilling.” PeopleSongDarkSittingThrillingSitting In The Dark Author:Kathie Lee Gifford
“I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a novel and then getting up every night and reading your novel. Everything I did is on the record and, if you want to hear it, just listen to the record.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsFeelsWritingWould BeNightReadingDarkNovelRecordsAffectionEvery NightJust Listen Author:Tom Lehrer
“Twenty years from now, there will still be a square screen, maybe even larger, and people will be sitting in a large, dark space, and they won't know each other unless they bring friends along.” PeopleKnowsYearsStillsDarkSpaceSittingTwentiesScreensSquares Author:Steven Spielberg