Saddest Quotes

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(on meeting Elvis Presley in 1965) The saddest part is that, years and years later, we found out that he tried to have us banished from America, because he was very big with the FBI. That`s very sad to me, that he felt so threatened that he thought, like a lot of people, that we were bad for American youth. This is Mr. Hips, the man, and he felt we were a danger. I think that the danger was mainly to him and his career.

- Ringo Starr

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

- Charles Chaplin

"It`s the saddest night of my life. I`m just twenty six. Where do I go from here?" (Swanson to her mother following her triumphant return to Hollywood in 1925 after making Madame Sans Gene in France.)

- Gloria Swanson

I can definitely act even if I don`t appear to have any particular style. I know I`m not a method actress, but I do believe in being physically and emotionally prepared for the role. If I have a scene where I`m supposed to be emotionally drawn out, then I`ll think of the saddest thing in my life. If I have to be five pounds lighter to be the right physical type, I`ll run my little tail around the block to make the weight.

- Courteney Cox

I have a friend who says `the first 50 was for them, this 50`s for me`. I like that. The weirdest part of it, or even the saddest part, is that you start to see people die. You go `Man! He wasn`t even that old`. I lost a friend recently who died of a heart attack. He was 58. When I was 20, 58 was old. It ain`t now. - on approaching 50

- Denzel Washington

When asked if he were offered the role on Star Trek today, would he accept it?: "Every now and again I sit in a hotel room, watching the show on television and I go, "Hello. I don`t remember this episode." I`ll be sitting there watching and forgetting that I ordered room service and there`s a knock on the door. I let the guy in and he comes and sees that I`m watching the show. He`s going to go back to the kitchen and say, "I`ve just seen the saddest thing ever. This guy is sitting there watching his old show." (Sept/Oct 2006, Star Trek Magazine issue #1)

- Patrick Stewart

I`m the happiest the saddest guy in the world can be.

- Vincent Gallo

There were a lot of areas we didn`t cover that I`m hoping to cover if we do some specials. One is to see more of Patsy`s home and her home life, which is just the saddest thing.

- Jennifer Saunders

I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know.

- Dick Van Dyke

The saddest thing to me is closing after all this time.

- John Beal

Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I`ve ever done.

- Bruce McCulloch

There`s good laughter and bad laughter. As long as they`re not laughing at the expense of any of these characters, it`s OK. My films are comedies, but they`re sad comedies and this is the saddest of all.

- Todd Solondz

(King has called Xavier University`s decision to sell the station) one of the saddest days of my professional life. ... took the spirit out of me.

- James King

The saddest day in the world will be the one when she stops pretending.

- Jodi Picoult

One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago.

- Jonathan Carroll

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, `It might have been`.

- Alison Goss

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are those `It might have been.`

- Alison Goss

Jamie: It`s my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: (in Portuguese) It is the saddest part of my day, leaving you.

- Andrzej Lepper

It`s probably the saddest set of circumstances I`ve seen.

- Angelica Diaz

I think the saddest part of all of this is there is not one mention of any type of accountability from their political masters, ... They are in this mode of blaming it on the civil servants.

- Anwar Phillips

That was one of the saddest moments of my life when I carried him out. Carlos was a hero, my mentor and a friend.

- Arun Jain

They found my partner in the spring of 2002. I was off duty when they called to tell me, ... '¦ That was one of the saddest moments of my life, when I carried my partner`s body out of the rubble.

- Arun Jain

I think she`ll feel like this is a bonus. She`s always loved the job. The saddest thing for her was going to be not being at opening day.

- Ashley Verplank

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

- Isaac Asimov