Quotes about Angst

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst. Votes: 4

I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs. Votes: 4

There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl. Votes: 4

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst. Votes: 4

The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace. Votes: 4

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it. Votes: 4

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky. Votes: 4

Art is not only about angst. Votes: 3

Weisheit kann Angst nicht bannen, Angst jedoch kann Weisheit bannen. Votes: 3

I can be a bit grumpy. Im full of angst, and hormones. Votes: 3

Man flieht nicht, weil man Angst hat, sondern man hat Angst, weil man flieht. Votes: 3

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden. Votes: 3

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea. Votes: 3

I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst. Votes: 3

When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy. Votes: 3

Angst is not the human condition, it's the purgatory between what we have and what we want but can't get. Votes: 3

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive. Votes: 3

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor. Votes: 3

We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new. Votes: 3

I sometimes look into the face of my dog Stan and see a wistful sadness and existential angst, when all he is actually doing is slowly scanning the ceiling for flies. Votes: 3

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from. Votes: 3

I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got abused. I discovered the microphone to get out some of that angst. Votes: 3

The real problems are cultural. The problems of the people who take drugs as a cultural trap - I think there's a real problem there, the crack stuff, the hopelessness of the junkie. The urban angst. Votes: 3

It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst. Votes: 3

Hear this or not, as you will. Learn it now, or later -- the world has time. Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui -- these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real. Votes: 3

What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand or express something. It very rarely comes from confidence, being raised by parents who want to hear what you have to say and wants to encourage you. Votes: 3

You don't have to think very hard to realize that our dread of both relationships and loneliness ... has to do with angst about death, the recognition that I'm going to die, and die very much alone, and the rest of the world is going to go merrily on without me. Votes: 3

I can be a bit grumpy. I'm full of angst, and hormones. Votes: 1

I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog. Votes: 1

I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst. Votes: 1

Without faith that there's a world beyond the one we live in, I don't see how it's possible to get rid of angst. Votes: 1

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country. Votes: 1

Led Zeppelin has been there through three generations of teenage angst. And there's a generation of kids now who won't know it, post-Linkin Park. Votes: 1

I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a perfect adolescence,' make me wonder how that is possible. Votes: 1

I feel there's an existential angst among young people. I didn't have that. They see enormous mountains, where I only saw one little hill to climb. Votes: 1

It's going to be interesting to watch presidential elections in around 2040, when voters can dig up candidates' teenage angst pics and posts from old social media and discussion forum archives. Votes: 1

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics. Votes: 1

I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers. Votes: 1

My idea is to bring out the inner child that my generation has inside, which does not go to sleep because of so much angst over the day-to-day routine. With so much going on, you start tuning out emotions and surprises. Votes: 1

While the West tries to turn its civilization into cultural variety hour, Islam tries to turn Muslim lands into a cultural monolith. The same West that justifies the rap culture thinks that every Muslim terrorist bombing is an expression of economic angst or social alienation. Votes: 1

In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and what you become and how you perceive yourself, and it is laden with contradictions, with tension, with anger, with love, with loathing, with angst. Votes: 1

I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket. Votes: 1

Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the image: what you want to see and what you're trying to say. The idea is crucial. You have to think of something you want to say and expand upon it. Votes: 1

When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst. Votes: 1

There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually it's not. It's always a moment that's full of fear because you know, as night follows day, the joy is going to rapidly be followed by some pain or other. All the angst of a relationship. Votes: 1

War is big business. It's a lot of money going to and fro, and unfortunately a lot of angst, and a lot of fear, and a lot of doubt. And eventually a lot of wonderful people, like soldiers, like men and women that are out there trying to do the best they can, they come back being wounded on many levels. Votes: 1

I was an angst-y journal writing kid. Votes: 0

Good Charlotte is anger management teen angst. Votes: 0

Each generation needs a 'Spider-Man' to mirror their angst. Votes: 0

Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count. Votes: 0

I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway. Votes: 0

An entire empire built on teenage angst, yes? Thank you, John Hughes! Votes: 0

The opposing party rarely causes so much angst as does one's own. Votes: 0

The Smiths are singing and someone says "Turn that gay angst music off. Votes: 0

Can we save the live demo for later, please? Bean Sidhe in angst, here. Votes: 0

I wouldn't want to go back to my 20s; they were pretty angst-laden times. Votes: 0

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst. Votes: 0

My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too. Votes: 0

And the pleasures and rewards of the intellect are inseparable from angst, uncertainty, conflict and even despair. Votes: 0

I've been angst-ridden all my life, but finally I'm in a place where things don't matter so much. Votes: 0

To this day, I still would choose the angst over something easier, when I really don't have to. Votes: 0

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient. Votes: 0

Great work comes from great joy. Leave the angst for the movies; do art - that is fun. Votes: 0

I used to make fun of young people when I was 17 - the angst, the insecurities, all those tattoos. Votes: 0

there's not a boy on the planet worth this amount of angst. I know; i used to be one Votes: 0

I regard these people who are peddling angst and peddling pessimism and all that stuff as so 'two minutes ago'... Votes: 0

Obama's stern demeanor punctuated by intermittent flashes of his wide, relaxing smile is his greatest weapon in defusing pent-up angst. Votes: 0

Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do. Votes: 0

My father gave me Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' when I was in junior high; my junior high, angst-filled soul responded to that. Votes: 0

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive. Votes: 0

Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the Votes: 0

Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better. Votes: 0

I was, like, this token teen angst child of Broadway. It's so funny. What is that? I don't even know. But I loved it. Votes: 0

It's thematic in my career, if you look at most of my choices. It is some level of exploration of maternal angst and maternal heroism. Votes: 0

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am. Votes: 0

Forgive me that I felt forsaken, That grief and angst was all I knew. Forgive me that I kept mistaking Too many other men for you. Votes: 0

I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to be channelled. Votes: 0

If literary fiction is reduced to only middle-class families dealing only with middle-class angst, then it's really finished as a force for grappling with the world. Votes: 0

The suburban landscape is alien and strange and exotic. I photograph it out of longing and desire. My photographs are also about repression and internal angst. Votes: 0

As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them. Votes: 0

I started writing diaries, and mine were horrible. Oh, the monotony. Oh, the angst. I said, 'I don't want anyone to find these!' I destroyed them. Votes: 0

My cartoon strips in college strived to have the Schulzian mix of surrealism and Charlie Brown angst. A bit of that combo shows up in 'Up.' Votes: 0

At 35, I'm thinking, Oh, I don't have any of that initial inspiration that I had before, all that angst. I always thought I would burn out very quickly. Votes: 0

Tranquilizers to overcome angst, pep pills to wake us up, life pills to ensure blissful sterility. I will lift up my ears unto the pills whence cometh my help. Votes: 0

Indiana is a state dedicated to basketball. Basketball, soybeans, hogs and basketball. Berkeley, needless to say, is not nearly as athletic. Berkeley is dedicated to coffee, angst, potholes and coffee. Votes: 0

I don't relate to that angst-y kid who hates their parents because they were horrible. It's just not my life and it's not the life of a lot of my friends. Votes: 0

the fact that they stole their whole shtick from Woody Guthrie and the coal-mining bards. While the alternative nation meows about personal fashion angst, the Appalachian nation still sings about unemployment. Votes: 0

People who paint, including myself, get to a point where a bit of angst comes in. If you're doing it for a living, it's worth it to suffer those slings and arrows. Votes: 0

When we forgive, our emotions evolve and reveal the futility of carrying the baggage of anger, antipathy, hostility and hatred. We emerge out of those dark corridors of fear, angst and insecurity. Votes: 0

I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog. I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog. Votes: 0

There's tons of anger and angst and peculiarity and eccentricity, and good towns know that that's okay. But towns that are kind of bullshit don't know what to do with all those feelings. Votes: 0

The one I have the most angst towards would be YouTube. We had an opportunity to invest, and I just got nervous about the media industry's response to the unlicensed content on the site. Votes: 0

I think happy, companionate marriages between men and women who respect each other (as far as is consistent with being actual human beings) should be every bit as poetry-worthy as angst, bitterness, and shame. Votes: 0