Chris Lowell

I am just pitifully nostalgic. I can't help but roll my eyes at myself frequently. I mean, I still shoot black-and-white film. And I am constantly reminiscing about the 'good old days.' I'm 28 years old. There haven't even been that many 'good old days.' But still, I love to look back.

American Actor

Black Elk

But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.

Leader

Ahmed Ben Bella

I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.

Algerian Politician

Benjamin Clementine

People want a beautiful story. Hopefully my life story is still beautiful, but that metro stuff doesn't make it much more pitiful.

English Artist

Maya Angelou

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

American Poet

J. Paul Getty

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

American Businessman

Eric Liu

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low.

American Writer

Tim O'Brien

Love, as wonderful and horrible as it is, has at its center a kind of pitiful humor.

American Author

Khalil Gibran

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Lebanese Poet

Dolly Parton

I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.

American Singer

'Pitiful' often carries a strong emotional weight and suggests empathy or sympathy from the speaker.

Emotional Charge

Although commonly negative, 'pitiful' can be neutral when referring to something that merely invokes pity.

Not Always Negative

Use with additional descriptors to emphasize the extent of pity, such as 'truly pitiful' or 'somewhat pitiful.'

Enhancing Descriptors

When 'pitiful' describes a small or poor thing, it often shows the speaker's critical viewpoint or scorn.

Speaking Critically

'Pitiful' used quantitatively implies that something is insufficient and below expectations.

Quantitative Judgment

 because the things that are causing the pathology are becoming more abundant as time goes on. The gerontology approach looks much more promising on the surface, because, you know, prevention is better than cure. But unfortunately the thing is that we don't understand metabolism very well. In fact, we have a pitifully poor understanding of how organisms work --

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 If I see it in a game, you're going to come out and sit on the bench. And the third one was, never criticize a teammate. I didn't want that. I used to tell them I was paid to do that. That's my job. I'm paid to do it. Pitifully poor, but I am paid to do it. Not like the coaches today, for gracious sakes, no. It's a little different than it was in my day.

The difference between...

 to profanity and you you out of here for the day if I see it in a game you're going to come out and sit on the bench and the third one was never criticize a teammate I didn't want that I used tell him I was paid to do that that's my job I'm paid to do it pitifully poor but I am paid to do not like the coaches today

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 the seeds of its own destruction through the inability to control the technologies it creates. But there are numerous more hopeful answers. For a start, we're not looking that hard, and we're spending a pitiful amount of money on it. Only a tiny fraction of the stars in our galaxy

Why Can't We See...

 whatever we do or refrain from doing whatever we put out there as a piece of design into the world has a persuasive component it tries to affect people it puts a certain vision of the good life out there in front of us which is what pitiful for bakthi Dutch philosopher of

What your designs say...

 he literally had to take one step at a time, like this, and it took forever. So this person, who used to be the center of attention in every family gathering, was suddenly hiding behind people. He was hiding from the pitiful look in people's eyes.

Simple hacks for life...

 and the way he defined them. He excluded slang words from Black communities because he didn’t consider them proper. And when he defined “woman,” he added that “women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.”

How to get a word added...

 Everything is about smell for you. So one day, you stop in your tracks with a revelation. You look at your human owner and you think, "What is it like to have the pitiful, impoverished nose of a human?

Can we create new senses...

 through the inability to control the technologies it creates. But there are numerous more hopeful answers. For a start, we're not looking that hard, and we're spending a pitiful amount of money on it.

Pitiful

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