Top 250 Bitter Quotes

There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.

Truth is the most bitter to accept, swallow and digest it. The moment you speak truth, you lose your popularity. But I don’t care.

I do not have any regrets of having joined politics. Though the experience was bitter, even that taught me a lot of things. Only after I entered politics did I realise what it is.

I don’t want success to affect me to that extent that I change or failure to that extent that I get sad, bitter and negative.

Most marriages are a mess, and the children get caught between two bitter, antagonistic parents. My parents stayed married for 27 unhappy years, till their kids were grown, and this was a catastrophe for us.

You take the negative, the bitter, the pain, the suffering, the depression, and all of those are ingredients for something far more purposeful than you can imagine.

I always tell people that the music industry may be frustrating sometimes, but the singing never gets old. It’s something I grew up doing, and I take the bitter with the sweet.

I think other than Jim Cornette, who’s just, you know, a bitter old man who wants viewings, other than people like that guy who are just bitter, I could probably find whatever fan out there and show them some match that I’ve done that they would enjoy.

People want people to do well. You can get focused on the bitter side of it, like, ‘Everybody wants you to fail. Everybody’s keeping the door closed to you,’ but that’s not true at all. Everybody’s kind of in the same boat.

Alan Alda is a dear friend, nothing like the cynical, bitter Hawkeye.

Bisping will fight to the bitter end but does not love the fighting.

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.

I find myself bitter, defensive, and more misanthropic than I care to admit.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‘This is a misfortune’ but ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’

My songs are not angry or bitter, because I am not bitter. I’m hopeful, and as an artist I have to be, not just for my future or for the future of my children but for the whole world.

Oh, definitely and you know you take the bitter with the sweet but the benefits far outweigh the burdens of what I’ve been able to do for my family, my word.

I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.

If you had an ex-wife, and it was a pretty bitter split, you might not ever want to talk to her again. Who cares if everybody in the family and your friends want you to say hello again? It’s your choice whether you want to do it or not.

Obviously, Ian Paisley and I were regarded as very bitter opponents. When we decided in March 2007 to govern together, both of us understood that we weren’t going to change our views but that we had to work with one another if we were to end the conflict and move forward.

I always have a good quality extra virgin olive oil. A cheap quality oil will end up cheapening your dishes. And I love sweetening my dishes with maple syrup. It has a bit of a bitter kick at the end that works wonderfully in savory dishes.

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.

History proves that those who seed extremist ideologies reap a bitter harvest.

I went on an audition once for a show, and the feedback was to play an angry teen. My agent convinced me to try out. I was really bitter for a while, because it sucks when you don’t get good scripts after working on good quality.

I didn’t realize House would be the central character, more the bitter comic relief appearing occasionally. I relish his wounded nature – the lameness, the scarred Byronic hero.

You are what you decide you want to be. You can be some horrible, bitter person who’s not a pleasure to be with. That’s your choice.

There are times when I’m watching an NFL quarterback struggling to get through the game, and I get bitter to some extent.

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.

I’m very happy and lonely single old man – and bitter.

When people get older, they get bitter or get cute.

‘I Know You Care’ is about my dad. And I haven’t seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a – it was my way of saying that I wasn’t bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.

It’s one thing to be bitter about something, but it’s another thing to recognise the growth and the change that you made.

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

To me, I was celebrating the accomplishment of making it on ‘All Stars’ and doing the best I could. There was no way I could leave being bitter or sad about achieving another girl, accomplishing things that no one else has had the opportunity to do. I was just in a good place. And it was so stressful.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

Losing isn’t bitter because it’s temporary.

God did not want me to be a blind beggar on the street, alone and bitter. He gave me music, first to be my companion and then to be my salvation.

It is so much more difficult to live with one’s body than with one’s soul. One’s body is so much more exacting: what it won’t have it won’t have, and nothing can make bitter into sweet.

We are not a single-issue party that puts abstract policy ahead of the working lives of people. We are not bitter, frightened xenophobes.

We are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear: fear of the future, fear of the hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies. Perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself because it is fear, which drives men to act thoughtlessly, to act dangerously.

I learned a long time ago, if you want to keep your friends in show business, don’t get famous. Because as soon as you get famous, a lot of the people you used to know, who didn’t, become incredibly bitter and jealous. It’s part of the territory.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what’s bitter and move on.

I try to be an honest originalist! I will take the bitter with the sweet!

I get bitter, angry and disbelieving and I tell my kids there a lot of idiots out there. I also want them to know that being successful is not the real world – that their parents get treated better because they’re on TV.

I was briefly bitter.

The false black preacher is only too happy to reinforce the idea of the white man as scapegoat. His sermons make the congregation angrier and more bitter. And the angrier they become, the easier it is for the minister to control them.

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.

You can’t afford to be bitter in this industry.

With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them.

I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh start. I don’t want them to defeat me. That would be suicidal.

While therefore your tears flow, let a due proportion be tears of joy. Yet take the bitter cup with both hands and sit down to your repast. You will soon learn a secret: that there is sweetness at the bottom.

Regret is a bitter emotion, so painful that the urge to avoid it often drives decision-making strategies.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

I don’t want to clip on the armour every morning. I’ve seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I’m not going to change that one bit.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Let us not be bitter about the past, but let us keep our eyes firmly on the future.

The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.

We live in a world that has very sharp edges. It can be very bitter and if you come across a little bit of random kindness – someone who is nice to someone – then that is always lovely.

I just want to be clear, I am a very dark and bitter person, but I think on some level, everything really does come when it’s meant to come.

The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.

Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivor; I’ve pulled through everything and I’ve not become bitter about it.