I am a wicked man... But do you know, gentlemen, what was the main point about my wickedness? The whole thing, precisely was, the greatest nastiness precisely lay in my being shamefully conscious every moment, even in moments of the greatest bile, that I was not only not a wicked man but was not even an embittered man, that I was simply frightening sparrows in vain, and pleasing myself with it.
Quotes about embittered (15 Quotes)
He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.
And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.
There is the silence of a great hatred,
And the silence of a great love,
And the silence of an embittered friendship.
To be honest, to be kind To earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy.
Benny Hill's character is this twisted sexual deviant who professes his love for obese women, which I thought was so funny. There was nothing like that in this movie, so I thought it would be fun to play my character as someone who had no social graces, yet was embittered by the fact he was universally refused by women.
No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.
Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better. You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise. Who could expect that But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile.
We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.
We can be of little service to our fellows until we become disillusioned without being embittered.
A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.
As you pass from the tender years of youth into harsh and embittered manhood, make sure you take with you on your journey all the human emotions
We played a good match. We had six minutes of craziness. It was something which can't be explained. It's not the moment of regrets. We are sorry, embittered, but this is soccer.
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
It's not just that we like him because he was an underdog. We love him because he found ways to succeed without becoming embittered. No one is making any apologies about his abilities on the basis of race. He is a major artist, period, end of story.