Pity Quotations | Page 2

We are quite happy with the bronze medal but it was a pity that we were not in our best form to compete here.

Tis pity wine should be so deleterious, for tea and coffee leave us much more serious

I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.

Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me,and drench me in loneliness.

Gather up your pity and turn it to ambition.

Pity is always twinged with disgust.

I do not hope somebody breaks in. However, if they did, I pity them. I pity the fool that breaks into my house.

Here we go mother on the shipless ocean. Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.

I hope to leave my children a sense of empathy and pity and a will to right social wrongs

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.

Let there be an end ... of all this welter of pity, which is only self-pity reflected onto some obvious surface.

Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.

What can be said about a man who is interested in nothing but his painting? It's a pity if a man can only interest himself in one thing. But I can't do any thing else. I have only one interest.

Here pity only lives when it is dead - Virgil

We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced

Those who will build will receive rental payments for two years. Those who will not build will receive rental payments for one year. It would be a pity to waste even a moment, there are apartments for everyone, there is an arrangement for everyone,

We need to empower all women, both financially and socially, to give them the tools to support themselves and their families. We need to start seeing them as contributors to society, as assets, not as objects of pity or, even worse, objects of shame.

This should be a great game. Two great teams, two great sets of supporters ... it's a pity we're playing them now, because we should both be in the final.

Unfortunately, I'm not in any physical condition to play. It's a pity I won't be able to play in this tournament, as it is our home tournament.

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one is pitied.

though it is a pity that these type of premises get targeted. Who are they damaging? It's the kids who miss out.

We had such a strong start, it's a pity we couldn't have followed on from that.

Everyone today plays the same way, very dull. ... It is a pity there are no characters like John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors or, maybe, Ilie Nastase today.

First of all, I have to thank Milan, but I know that the result has been the fruit of my efforts and my hard work. It has been a fantastic season, and I'm happy. It's a pity about the Champions League final.

There's no point beating up on Fraser Institute. This is people's perception about Colorado. It's a pity because we certainly have the mineral deposits here.

It would be a pity because we think there is huge potential in that business to double profits over the next four to five years, but if 40 pct of your shareholders want out, then I suspect that is what may happen.

It would surely be a pity if this positive momentum would stop and we would see a regression to the one-sided (European) position of the past.

It was an extraordinary fight and the public was absolutely fantastic. It's a pity we couldn't offer them a better ending.

I've never been heckled. I think because I look too small and vulnerable. Sometimes I look out into the audience and see pity in their eyes, so I guess those people may be the ones who would shout something out if they didn't feel so sorry for me.

Our aim was four points so we were one short. We threw it away in the end, I think we had the game in the bag and it was just a pity we couldn't finish off.

Of course you feel extra pity for Tommy ending with losing on penalties. In a way it's always easier to lose a game when the other team is better and you can accept it afterward. So it was pity for Tommy, an extra pity.

Something that pains me, and for which I pity the American people, is that their leaders have fallen behind the times. They are not living in their times,

Develop yourself instead of waiting for Mr. or Miss Right to come along. Get out of the pity party. Pour time into yourself and into serving others. That's fulfillment.

Anyone can miss a penalty and when he scored the last penalty for Cameroon, no-one said anything. We forgot it quickly and now we want to assassinate him. It's a pity he hasn't been picked as he is a super player and I just hope that it is not a political decision.

This is really shocking. It's really a pity to lose our democracy again.

Think not for this, however, the poor treasonOf my stout blood against my staggering brain,I shall remember you with love, or seasonMy scorn with pity - let me make it plain:I find this frenzy insufficient reasonFor conversation when we meet again.

Always it is a pity to hear such things, but the UEFA official has heard and it has gone in his report.

They got disillusioned, they needed direction, and that's the pity because they didn't get it.

There were very few restrictions on who could come here. For the most part, we just took pity on them.

It's just unimaginable that this could have happened, or this did happen, in the U.S. where baseball is very famous and popular. And it's a pity that it was overruled.

It's a pity we ran out of daylight. But it's quite good now that it ended the way it did, because we can sort of carry on from last time. It was so close. This time, we can go at it again.

It's a pity that yet again we went down to a goal from a free kick although something strange happened there. The players thought that the whistle had gone for a foul before they conceded a goal.

It's a pity that the people who loved John can't love each other.

It's a pity that I failed to reach the final to face Federer.

It's a pity striker Wayne Rooney is suspended for the game. I can't say what formation I will use, but I'll probably have two up front,

It's a pity some players couldn't come because of injuries. But the level of tennis we witnessed was very high.

It's a pity I couldn't play, because we've got an incredible crowd in, the weather's perfect and these are the sorts of games everyone wants to play.

It's a pity he's not got it -- I think he's played good enough to deserve an invitation.

It's a pity but I'm not going to give up. I'm either going to win the Giro or I'm going to blow the race apart trying.

It's a pity because it really looked like he was going to deliver.

It's a pity because I think we deserved to win but sometimes you win matches you really shouldn't have. We had about 34 shots on goal but that's football.

It's a real pity we lost all that time in the morning: it was just a stupid thing where we slid a bit wide. I was quite surprised that the whole tyre came off the rim. I actually quite enjoy these vineyard roads; when it is going well I can get into quite a good rhythm with the car. Tomorrow we have the opportunity to make up some places, so we've got to attack -- even though I don't really like the Baumholder stages.

It's a real pity we had that puncture. The fight with Dani was fantastic. But I'm not sure that we could have conquered the first place. To finish second here is for me a great result on my first outing in Germany !

Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.

Everyone kind of pities us. But I don't want a pity party. I want to play football.

Still, given time I think he'd have turned things around here. It's just a pity he never stayed a bit longer.

It's a new injury that came last night. I'm not fit enough to play a tennis match. It's a pity I can't play but I hope I can play in Guangzhou. Maybe now I can see the Forbidden City.

It's a new injury that came last night, ... I'm not fit enough to play a tennis match. It's a pity I can't play but I hope I can play in Guangzhou. Maybe now I can see the Forbidden City.

It was a pity this happened right now. I was ready to compete.

No need to pity if you do not want to help.

It was a good chance to play with Serena but what is a pity that I cannot get the chance today.

It's time for the troops to dig a little deeper here. We get to find out what we're made of. We've hit pretty much a low point in the season for me, and there's no pity party.

Aristotle said that the essence of drama is fear and pity. Where do you feel more fear and pity than when you look at a kid in a spelling bee?

The fans turned out in their numbers at Livingston on Wednesday night and that was fantastic to see. It's just a pity we couldn't give them a win. But we will have another full house at Tynecastle tomorrow cheering us on and hopefully we'll get the result we're looking for this time.

In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is rewarding, but it's a pity if it keeps you from doing the work you are good at.

I'm one of those who like to have a North American presence on the board. It's a pity two candidates are coming from the same country. There's a risk they'll split the votes. That would be unfortunate.

I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

I must say it really was a pity. When I spun I was very close to Alonso. During the pit spot I lost a lot of time. It's a pity that I've come away from this race with no points.

I look at people who aren't doing something with their lives and I have pity on them. It's pathetic if you're not doing something with your life. I want people to do stuff with their lives.

I know I'm not that great a singer, so he had pity on me and let me in his group. I helped out with managing the group, too.

I pity anyone who has to spend the day with me.

I don't think I'm that good-looking and I think that's why I've got this far -- everyone took pity on me.

I don't really go out with him. And it's kind of sad because I can't walk down the street with a stroller (pram). I'm not expecting people to pity me. I'm just telling the truth.

...love and pity for hell's occupants will not enter our hearts.

He told me that he wanted to do something new. It's a pity but we have to respect it.

We are so not breaking out the violins and pity partying.

Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.

pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.

It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40.

No it isn't very pretty, what a town without pity can do.

Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major.

Holidays - Have no pity.

Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love Pity's the straightest.

I feel pity for him, and that is a poor sign of love.

I'm going to do my thing and if you react a certain way - with pity or with anger - that's up to you.

Love shouldn't make a beggar of one. I wouldn't want love if I had to beg for it, to barter or qualify it. And I should despise it if anyone ever begged for my love. Love is something that must be given -- it can't be bought with words or pity, or even reason.

When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me

I pity you all... Most of you will die---scratch that---ALL of you.

To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain.

Showing you pity doesn't do you any favors.

When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.

It's a pity people pick and choose what they learn from the Bible.

Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.

It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading.

I wished to be loved by another,' [Éowyn] answered. 'But I desire no man's pity.

Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Éowyn!

I can take you to a spot right now and show you more harsh conditions: People lying on cots, not knowing where their next meal is going to come from, not knowing where they're going to stay. (This) is nothing compared to what they're going through. . . . We're not looking for a pity party here.

There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.

Pity is woman's sweetest charm.