#unfortunate

I guess they just wanted to scoop a bunch of people up, hoping they got me, and unfortunately they did. ↗

— Sherman Austin

#did #got #guess #hoping #i

If you were smart," Genghis said, "you would have borrowed the silverware of one of your friends." "We never thought of that," Klaus said. When one is forced to tell atrocious lies, one often feels a guilty flutter in one's stomach, and Klaus felt such a flutter now. "You certainly are an intelligent man." "Not only am I intelligent," Genghis agreed, "but I'm also very smart. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#clever #count-olaf #funny-humor #intelligent #lemony-snicket

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#unfortunate-event #life

Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it. ↗

— Lance Bass

#out #spotlight #unfortunately #want #you

Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact; hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous forms of corruption are those that are subtle and below the radar. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consciousness #corruption #dangerous #impact #mass-media

I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits. ↗

— Les Baxter

#broadway #did #hits #i #unfortunately

Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#like #misuse #patriotism #political #purposes

Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage. ↗

— David Bowie

#become #camp #camper #departure #did

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#childhood #depraved #drawn #extreme #happened

Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#after #america #anyone #bush #bush administration