Phyllis Diller Quotes

Life's most underrated emotion is self-pity.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.

It's just so hard to feel good, you know?

Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Self-pity shortens your life.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

Self-pity is, perhaps, the least becoming of all emotions, and we often indulge in it only beause we are too exhausted to resist.

This train of thought was heading straight for Pity City, and she wanted to get off.

The response man has the greatest difficulty in tolerating is pity, especially when he warrants it. Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance, but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker.

My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?

I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity.

Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self compassion.

Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy?

I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all.

Self-pity - it's the only pity that counts.

This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.

Self-pity” is just sadness, I think, in the pejorative.

Got an issue, get a tissue.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

Trust me, you know when you've got depression.