#pity

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

#believed #believers #culture #eight #fact

Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#days #i #little #myself #party

Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#compassion #course #feeling #how #mean

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. ↗

— Margot Asquith

#christopher #columbus #discovered #ever #mentioned

Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#fear #pity #softened

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#big #medical #often #part #play

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#change #general #half #head #nods

Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. ↗

— William Blake

#dwelling #god #love #mercy #pity

Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely. ↗

— Theodore Dreiser

#fiercely #forces #hard #live #need

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#breakthrough #came #city #else #every