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Disillusioned Quotes

When belief in something quietly fades.

These disillusioned quotes describe a postwar generation losing faith in the structures that once held power. Read more in our Become quotes.

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting.

Quotes by Woody Harrelson

The end of the First World War had thrown Germany's youth into great turmoil. The reins of power had fallen from the hands of a deeply disillusioned older generation, and the younger ones drew together in larger and smaller groups...

Quotes by Werner Heisenberg

I became disillusioned with dance when I was 16 and started focusing on acting.

Quotes by Teri Polo

It's what is strange about doing a job that is also the thing you love, the thing you feel passionate about. People get to the point where they're burned out and disillusioned by the whole thing because when things aren't...

Quotes by Teddy Thompson

Acting Quotes

When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to become disillusioned at the White House.

Quotes by Scott McClellan

When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life.

Quotes by Ralph Fiennes

I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned with politics in our country, and it must be the same in your country.

Quotes by Paul Weller

In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just got really disillusioned with playing the guitar. The further it went on, the less and less I played,...

Quotes by Paul Weller

I went through a period of being disillusioned with touring.

Quotes by Patty Smyth

Always Quotes

I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole thing. I also feel that organised religion has caused far more problems than it has solved.

Quotes by Natascha McElhone

To become a villain, you had to have become disillusioned, and in order to become disillusioned you had to have been passionate about something you believed in that was shaken and ripped from your grasp as a protagonist in that...

Quotes by Matthew Davis

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.

Quotes by Luis Palau

People are disillusioned with the BJP. Even their hardcore voters, like the traders and baniyas, are angry after demonetisation.

Quotes by Lalu Prasad Yadav

I am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church does not believe in: divorce being one, and a women's right to choose being another.

Quotes by Kitty Kelley

Angry Quotes

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world.

Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro

People have become disillusioned with Parliament, and that threatens democracy.

Quotes by John Rhys-Davies

I was heavily into Nirvana and I still am, but when I was 23 I got disillusioned by music. Then I just focused more on myself and gave up music for a while.

Quotes by James McCartney

The crisis of democracy in the West is not the result of falling in love with another system. In Europe and America people who are disillusioned with democracy do not dream about the Chinese model or any other form of...

Quotes by Ivan Krastev

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

Become Quotes

Many people leave government disillusioned about its ability to achieve change and cynical about politicians. I left with rather opposite lessons.

Quotes by Geoff Mulgan

Frequently Asked Questions

What experiences of disillusionment appear here?
They include a postwar generation's loss of faith in old power structures and personal doubts about religion and idealism.
Is there a historical quote about a whole generation?
Yes, one describes a nation's youth left disoriented after a world war shook their trust in existing leadership.
Does anyone say they were never disillusioned?
Yes, one voice states they never soured on acting because their love for the craft stayed constant throughout.
Is religion a theme in this topic?
One quote describes losing faith in organized religion after growing up within it as a child.
Which topic connects to shifting beliefs?
Our Become quotes explore related personal change over time.

Others trace idealism souring into doubt across a single decade, or organized religion losing its early hold. See also our Acting and Angry quotes.