Unfortunate – Quotes

Goodness gracious me,” exclaimed

Goodness gracious me,” exclaimed Alexia, “what are you wearing? It looks like the unfortunate progeny of an illicit union between a pair of binoculars and some opera glasses. What on earth are they called, binocticals, spectaculars?” The earl snorted his amusement and then tried to pretend he hadn’t. “How about glassicals?” he suggested, apparently unable … Read more

Ivy Hisselpenny was the

Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only-just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats. Gail Carriger

The press is like

The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic – just one of those unfortunate things. G. Gordon Liddy

In the very progress

In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast stretches yet to be covered before the prison becomes, if it ever does, an institution for the reclamation and rehabilitation of erring and unfortunate men and women. Eugene V. Debs

We see in the

We see in the 20th Century an unfortunate trench warfare, in which psychoanalysis, in a struggle against the internalized compulsion and superstition of a particular doctrine, has expressed itself atheistically. By contrast, theology is not merely under suspicion of talking soullessly about God. Both theology and psychology, in striving for human health, need one another … Read more

The unfortunate thing is,

The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada. Ernst Zundel

Obviously my game wasn’t

Obviously my game wasn’t too good at Augusta, I had a couple of technical faults, the posture wasn’t too good. It’s a bit unfortunate because I was playing a lot of good golf, but when I got sick (flu) before The Masters, that was bad timing and I wasn’t quite myself. Ernie Els