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Miserable Quotes

Honest words on feeling low

These miserable quotes admit to real discontent, whether dreading a certain path in life or feeling restless even in a much-loved career. Read more in Life quotes.

I would have been miserable in college. I always hated school.

Quotes by Zosia Mamet

Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.

Quotes by Woody Allen

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

Quotes by Walter Savage Landor

I can't deal with actors! I can't deal with myself. We're neurotic and miserable ... I love doing what I'm doing, but while I'm doing it, I'm miserable.

Quotes by Viola Davis

Blind Quotes

According to the papers, I'm miserable, alienated, and on the brink of resignation. But that's simply not where I am.

Quotes by Vince Cable

Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out into hysterical barbarism.

Thomas Mann

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.

Quotes by Stanley Kubrick

I think it would be a bit miserable going out with somebody who was totally uninterested in food.

Quotes by Sophie Dahl

I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do.

Quotes by Ryan Phillippe

Doing Quotes

If I set out to write 'War And Peace' or 'A Suitable Boy,' I'd be miserable.

Quotes by Ruskin Bond

I love what I do. When a month goes by and I'm not working, I'm miserable.

Quotes by Roselyn Sanchez

I've rarely met a miserable, self-pitying blind person.

Quotes by Rosemary Mahoney

I was the night foreman of a galvanizing factory, which is hot and smelly and dirty and miserable.

Quotes by Ronald Perelman

We all get as miserable as Erika M. Andersen sometimes, but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio.

Quotes by Rob Sheffield

Happy Quotes

If I was doing something for the money, I'd be quite miserable.

Quotes by Ricky Williams

There's a lot of jobs that you can do that you can be miserable at. Making movies should not be one of them.

Quotes by Richard Jenkins

There are plenty of miserable millionaires all over the place.

Quotes by Peter Mayle

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

Quotes by Peter Abelard

In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.

Quotes by Patrick White

Life Quotes

Without literature my life would be miserable.

Quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these miserable quotes talk about?
They cover genuine discontent, including dreading school, feeling restless despite loving one's work, and being unfairly labeled unhappy by others.
Is there a quote about being misjudged as miserable?
Yes, one speaker directly denies press claims that they were miserable, alienated, or close to quitting, saying it simply wasn't accurate.
Do any quotes connect misery to being idle?
Yes, one argues that a genuinely busy person is rarely truly miserable, tying discontent to a lack of purposeful activity.
Are there quotes about actors feeling miserable despite loving their work?
Yes, one admits to feeling neurotic and low even while enjoying the craft, capturing a contradiction many creative people recognize.
How do these quotes compare to happier reflections on life?
They offer a more honest counterpoint. See Happy quotes for the other side of that emotional range.

One speaker pushes back on being labeled miserable by outsiders, insisting the description doesn't match reality. Browse Happy and Doing quotes for contrast.