Intolerable Quotes

"(Valentino was) what is commonly called for want of a better name, a gentleman. In brief, Valentino`s agony was the agony of a man of relatively civilized feelings thrown into a situation of intolerable vulgarity." - H.L. Mencken

I`m not dead and I don`t have blue hair but some people say there are similarities. It is usually intolerable to watch myself onscreen but this time it`s fine. I think it`s beautiful and a real work of art.

My name is Kirk Douglas. You may know me. If you don`t ... Google me. I was a movie star and I`m Michael Douglas` dad, Catherine Zeta-Jones` father-in-law, and the grandparents of their two children. Today I celebrate my 90th birthday. I have a message to convey to America`s young people. A 90th birthday is special. In my case, this birthday is not only special but miraculous. I survived World War II, a helicopter crash, a stroke, and two new knees. It`s a tradition that when a `birthday boy` stands over his cake he makes a silent wish for his life and then blows out the candles. I have followed that tradition for 89 years but on my 90th birthday, I have decided to rebel. Instead of making a silent wish for myself, I want to make a loud wish for The World. Let`s face it: The World is in a mess and you are inheriting it. Generation Y, you are on the cusp. You are the group facing many problems: abject poverty, global warming, genocide, AIDS, and suicide bombers to name a few. These problems exist, and the world is silent. We have done very little to solve these problems. Now, we leave it to you. You have to fix it because the situation is intolerable. You need to rebel, to speak up, write, vote, and care about people and the world you live in. We live in the best country in the world. I know. My parents were Russian immigrants. America is a country where EVERYONE, regardless of race, creed, or age has a chance. I had that chance. You are the generation that is most impacted and the generation that can make a difference. I love this country because I came from a life of poverty. I was able to work my way through college and go into acting, the field that I love. There is no guarantee in this country that you will be successful. But you always have a chance. Nothing should interfere with it. You have to make sure that nothing stands in the way. When I blow out my candles - 90! ... it will take a long time ... but I`ll be thinking of you. (9 December 2006)

Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So, for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast-beaters. By the time I was five I knew I was that one.

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else`s decision about the final form of something. It`s so hard as to be intolerable.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption,

In every age `the good old days` were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don`t think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.

If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

She found me intolerable. But she got to know me, and I wore her down.

I would advise you to write, my dear friend, because with your active nature, solitude is simply intolerable to you, and after some time your solitude would become perhaps attractive if you were to people it with creatures of your own fancy.

The board has made her working conditions intolerable ... She`s being forced out -- let`s face it. This is not a voluntary resignation. The work is so far from over -- it`s just a shame Arlene doesn`t get to stay here and finish it. She`s a tremendous leader, a tremendous educator and a wonderful human being.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.