Depression Quotes

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. View quote
Harry S. Truman
Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have a profound impact on my intellectual and professional career. View quote
Lawrence Klein
Depression is the inability to construct a future. View quote
Rollo May
The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters. View quote
James Tobin
That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward. View quote
Ernest Hemingway
I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope. View quote
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. View quote
Herbert Hoover
There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning. View quote
Ben Carson
On the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a victory, it increases love and friendship and decreases the probability of depression. View quote
Martin Seligman
I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression. (Rube Goldberg)
You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it. View quote
Albert Ellis
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. View quote
Dodie Smith
That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key. View quote
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits. View quote
Susan Sontag
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives. View quote
Chuck Palahniuk
Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.... And when you realize the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate. View quote
James A. Garfield
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again. View quote
David D. Burns
Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. View quote
Carroll Quigley
Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication. View quote
Andrew Weil
Massage therapy has been shown to relieve depression, especially in people who have chronic fatigue syndrome; other studies also suggest benefit for other populations. (Andrew Weil)
I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word. View quote
Francesca Lia Block
The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis. View quote
Arthur Henderson
My parents were children during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it scarred them. Especially my father, who saw destitution in his Brooklyn, New York neighborhood; adults standing in so called 'bread lines,' children begging in the streets. View quote
Bill O'Reilly
I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression. View quote
Albert Ellis