Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: truth humanity society suicide Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide. —Eric Sevareid More about this quote Tags: hunger crime food suicide want Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Because we are laughed at, I don’t think people really understand how essential [comedians] are to their sanity. If it weren’t for the brief respite we give the world with our foolishness, the world would see mass suicide in numbers that compare favorably with the death rate of the lemmings. I’m sure most of you have heard the story of the man who, desperately ill, goes to an analyst and tells the doctor that he has lost his desire to live and that is seriously considering suicide. The doctor listens to his tale of melancholia and then tells the patient that what he needs is a good belly laugh. He then advises the unhappy man to go to the circus that night and spend the evening laughing at Grock, the world’s funniest clown. The doctor sums it up, “After you have seen Grock, I am sure you will be much happier.” The patient rises to his feet, looks sadly at the doctor, turns and ambles toward the door. As he starts to leave the doctor says, “By the way, what is your name?” The man turns and regards the analyst with sorrowful eyes. “I am Grock.” —Groucho Marx in Groucho And Me More about this quote Tags: humor depression comedy suicide Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I can't count the number of times I have officially assembled the equipment to take my life: a knife, a handgun, a plastic bag, a bottle of codeine and a fifth of vodka. My motivations are never quite clear: perception of failure, futility, a sense of irremediable isolation, mtv — nothing everyone else hasn't suffered through. Yet I tend to magnify my gloomy outlook into a drive-in picture of the end of the world. I can't seem to remember that despair is a temporary state, a dark storm along the highway; that if I can just stick it out, keep the wipers going and my foot on the gas, I will make it through to the other side. —Poe Ballantine More about this quote Tags: failure despair suicide isolation futility temporary Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge. —Charles Bukowski More about this quote Tags: writing necessity suicide Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. —Leo Tolstoy More about this quote Tags: time conscience reason suicide Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A 1979 survey concluded that more Vietnam veterans had died by their own hand than in combat. —John Langone More about this quote Tags: war suicide soldiers Vietnam war Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email