Being A Downer Quotes & Sayings

How many more of these stinking, double-downer sideshows will we have to go through before we can get ourselves straight enough to put together some kind of national election that will give me and the at least 20 million people I tend to agree with a chance to vote FOR something, instead of always being faced with that old familiar choice between the lesser of two evils? — Hunter S. Thompson

Depression isn't just being a bit sad. It's feeling nothing. It's not wanting to be alive anymore. — J.K. Rowling

Peace is not simply the absence of warfare. — Pope Paul VI

A samurai never worries about losing his life. He worries about losing his honour. Being shamed is far worse than losing your life. A samurai is always ready to die - for his lord, for his honour. That's the samurai way — Lesley Downer

Method is always tied to subject matter, and in dealing with life in general there is no such thing as a single scientific method. — Dallas Willard

And how many more of these stinking, double-downer sideshows will we have to go through before we can get ourselves straight enough to put together some kind of national election that will give me and the at least 20 million people I tend to agree with a chance to vote for something, instead of always being faced with that old familiar choice between the lesser of two evils? I — Hunter S. Thompson

It's like your children talking about holidays, you find they have a quite different memory of it from you. Perhaps everything is not how it is, but how it's remembered. — Denis Norden

No picture necessary. I'd recognize you, see you, anywhere. I could fill my life with you. — Mary Ann Rivers

Watching St John rock his wife's body was not part of my job description. Honest. I sat down on the stairs where I could see the door, the hallway, and the stairs as far as the landing. St John started singing in a strange, broken voice. It took me a few minutes to figure out what he was singing. It was 'You are so Beautiful — Laurell K. Hamilton

I didn't want people to accuse me of being really depressive. I really tried to fight against that and not have a complete downer about the subject. — Joe Casey

You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them. — John C. Maxwell

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess. — Brene Brown

it's been laid on my heart and I want to help others get away from abusive spouses. — Carolyn Brown