David H. Murdock Quotes

Despair often breeds disease.

I don't really like hospitals that much. People are sick; sometimes it can be depressing. There's people going through a lot of pain in there. It has that funny smell.

I had every stress-related illness you can get.

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

Underneath our nice, friendly facades there is great unease. If I were to scratch below the surface of anyone I would find fear, pain, and anxiety running amok. We all have ways to cover them up. We overeat, over-drink, overwork; we watch too much television.

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.

I was hurting. I had some ailments I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out.

I had a migraine for about seven or eight straight days, and I was unable to sleep most nights.

Dysphoria will always be a painful place.

Depression is an illness. It is not a ticket to genius. It is not an interesting personality quirk. It is horrible and all-consuming and really hurts.

Anyone can have depression. The illness doesn't care how much you do or don't have.

If Mourinho loses 4-1, he doesn't sleep well.

I was always very depressed, even when I was a youngster.

What I'm like with lack of sleep is that I let the devil in, so if I'm tired the slightest thing will put me into a bad place.

All depression is fear-based.

Not working makes you ill, sad, depressed. It ages you.

Today's generation has tremendous pressure to perform well at work. And if one can't match up to expectations then it can lead to depression.

At times, I've been incapacitated by anxiety and unhappiness. You really know what joy is if you have experienced the opposite.

It's hard to judge how you are feeling physically.

There are as many reasons to feel bad as there are people.

I was so unhappy during the last months on 'Bonanza' I was really neurotic. I was anti-social.

Machines can break down under pressure. But so can humans.

If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill.

Depression is not a choice.