- Nov 07, 2020
Disappointment Quotes
Lines on the letdowns that stay with us.
One entry here comes from someone in biotech reflecting on how, despite genuine progress in the field, no single breakthrough has matched earlier hopes. Another looks back at engineering work from decades past, noting how much less reliable the tools once were compared to now. See related lines on the Hope quotes page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had an agreement with Borussia that I could leave. It didn't happen. It is a disappointment. But I'm also happy to stay.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as I could remember, I had looked forward to a handful of wonderful events - a total eclipse of the sun, the return of Halley's Comet, and the first trip to the Moon. I've still never seen that eclipse, and Halley's comet was a disappointment, but my sense of wonder was diamond-bright on that July 20, 1969.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men would rather not admit: That we feel pain, we cry, get sad and sometimes don't deal well with disappointment.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to be a tap dancer but I never fulfilled that ambition either.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
As actors, we get used to disappointment. We go on a hundred job interviews a year and get two or three jobs.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.
- Nov 07, 2020
Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not supporting us fully.
- Confound
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- Nov 07, 2020
The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they have found the casket empty and turned away with feelings of disappointment and disgust.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020