quotes about Sad Things

“I listen mostly to classical music.”

“When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.”

“With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me.”

“Fate is trying to kill me. I miss my dog. What's a doctor going to say? You're not ill, you're mad as a muffin? They'll either lock me up or tell me to get a grip and no one will believe the truth anyway.”

“A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.”

“The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped one of your pieces up.”

“They can't find my house now because I keep it very quiet where I live.”

“A profile, a look, a voice, can capture a heart in no time at all.”

Source : Sylvia Nasar (2012). “A Beautiful Mind”, Faber & Faber

“If I like something, I get it and I put it on.”

“I couldn’t stand in front of any camera, and I couldn’t go to places where there were a lot of people. I thought people would criticize me if I smiled, or even if I just stayed still.”