#unfortunate

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away. ↗

— Aeschylus

#alas #away #compare #dash #fortunate

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#belongs #clear #destroy #friendship #fruitless

My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation. ↗

— Sean Astin

#diet #i #know #moderation #terrible

This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#angry #debate #democrats #even #even worse

Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end. ↗

— Leon Askin

#came #date #december #dream #end

Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#beautiful #beautiful places #beauty #homesick #i

When I was young, I used to hear people say, 'He's a golden boy. Look at that guy. Can you imagine what he's going to be like when he grows up?' Well, I unfortunately bought into that. And I hadn't even found myself. Quite honestly, I was running from myself. But I knew how to work Top 40 radio. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#boy #even #found #going #golden

Unfortunately, most college kids these days aren't coming from any place-they seem to ask the same kind of questions over and over again. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#any #ask #college #college kids #coming

Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#global #global warming #hysteria #i #i see

Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#analyze #belief #believe #business #business school