Jimmy Buffett
Musician, Author
"There's damsels in distress out there, and we got all this beer."
Distress quotes
Distress
28 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us."
SebastiAn
Music Producer, DJ
"I have a fetish for damsels in distress."
Edmund Burke
Philosopher, Politician
"Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty."
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation of other nationalities."
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"When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man."
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"How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!"
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"I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress."
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"I am concentrating docilely on the question why U.S. restrooms always appear to us as infirmaries for public distress, the place to reagain control."
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"I distress you; I draw fast to an end."
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"A deep distress has humanised my soul."
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