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Dark Quotes

On hard seasons, dark humor and difficult truths.

This dark quotes collection ranges from describing genuinely hard personal seasons to arguing that comedy often grows out of the darkest material. Related: our Dark Time quotes.

I think I succeeded in getting the Egyptian people excited about the importance of science, and this is the only way Egypt can get out of this dark ages.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.

Quotes by Agnes de Mille

I get a lot of dark scripts now. I don't wanna be stuck doing movies like American Pie. For someone my age, once you get started doing them, it's hard to get out.

Quotes by Agnes Bruckner

The new 'Dark Knight' movies, they're wonderful in their own way.

Quotes by Adam West

Dark Places Quotes

One of the most exciting things about dark energy is that it seems to live at the very nexus of two of our most successful theories of physics: quantum mechanics, which explains the physics of the small, and Einstein's Theory...

Quotes by Adam Riess

It's everywhere, really. It's between the galaxies. It is in this room. We believe that everywhere that you have space, empty space, that you cannot avoid having some of this dark energy.

Quotes by Adam Riess

Einstein wrestled with a problem back before we even knew the universe was expanding, and he was looking for a way to keep the universe from collapsing. And so he discovered, in his theory of gravity, something like this dark...

Quotes by Adam Riess

Dark energy is incredibly strange, but actually it makes sense to me that it went unnoticed, because dark energy has no effect on daily life, or even inside our solar system.

Quotes by Adam Riess

Until the 1990s, there were few reliable observations about movement at the scale of the entire universe, which is the only scale dark energy effects. So dark energy could not be seen until we could measure things very, very far...

Quotes by Adam Riess

Dark Side Quotes

I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.

Quotes by Adam Peaty

There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it was the best training to be an actor.

Quotes by Adam Driver

When communism collapsed in 1989, the big story that had been hardwired into citizens of western countries - that of the global battle against a distant dark and evil force - came to an abrupt end.

Quotes by Adam Curtis

'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic, weird. One of my favourite bands is Ladytron, and I think they'd fit the bill quite well.

Quotes by Adam Christopher

I love nothing more than a good, rich, dark chocolate. It exhilarates. It satisfies.

Quotes by Abigail Spencer

Dark Time Quotes

I love love stories, no matter how dark.

Quotes by Abbie Cornish

Originally, I wanted a pop career and formed a girl-band 'Genie Queen' managed by Andy McClusky from 'Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark', but it didn't work out. My brother John is the talented singer and song-writer with 'The Razz,' while...

Quotes by Abbey Clancy

Sometimes they keep us in the dark, but it's TV, so sometimes they keep us in the dark because even they don't know yet. You know what I mean? So, it sort of develops as it goes along and according...

Quotes by Aaron Stanford

I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat.

Quotes by Aaron Paul

I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

Darkest Quotes

Everyone has to go to a funeral at some time and you need to be dark and sombre, and in a black tie.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these quotes use "dark" to mean something bad?
Not always in the way you'd expect - one quote actually pushes back on that idea, saying, "I hate using the word ‘dark' for things that are negative." It's a nice reminder that the word doesn't always carry a negative meaning.
Is there a quote about a difficult personal period?
Yes - one quote reflects on a rough chapter, saying, "It was a dark time for me," referring to a period that clashed with the speaker's beliefs and personality. For more reflections on tough periods, see our Dark Time collection.
How do these quotes connect darkness and humor?
One quote makes an interesting connection, noting that "some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it" - suggesting comedy can be a way of coping with heavy topics.
Is there a quote describing a challenging creative or intellectual process?
Yes, one quote compares the process of proving something to going "into a dark tunnel," before coming out somewhere new - a nice metaphor for working through uncertainty. For more on that idea, browse our Dark Places collection.
Where can I find more intense or extreme "dark" quotes?
If you're looking for something more extreme, check out our Darkest collection, or for a broader look at the hidden or difficult sides of life, try Dark Side.

A few lines even push back on treating 'dark' as a synonym for negative - a nuance worth comparing with the Darkest and Dark Places pages.