Quotes on the topic: Pity


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I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.


When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.


When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win.


I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago.


People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'


What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.


Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely.


I just had to plod along without having any teaching, which was a pity.


People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is.


To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.


It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.


I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.


She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.


Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.


It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.


There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.


Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than a band of instruments.


I pity Americans for their very bad fruits. Your 'mango' is cucumber. The only thing I really miss about Egypt is mangoes.


Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.


A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.