Brian Cox Quotes

In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.

Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.

The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort.

As a science fiction and fantasy writer, I used to love writing bleak, grimdark futures full of bleak, grimdark people. But I've found that as the world around me darkens, all I really want to do is grasp for more light.

On dreary night let lusty sunshine fall.

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Despite what people might think, I'm not interested in being dark all the time. I'm actually searching for some kind of light, and I'm always very happy when I can achieve that.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.

Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times.

The house of laughter makes a house of woe.

I work much better in sunshine. It's drizzle and grayness that I don't like.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

I like L.A. because of the light. The light makes me feel so good. It's really beautiful. And there's something about L.A. being so spread out that gives you a feeling of freedom. Light and freedom.

I've always just had sort of a dark take on life, I suppose, and hopefully, the music transcends that in a way.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

Well, my favorite color I guess I would say yellow.

I think my life in general, like that of any human being, has highs and lows, has moments of great light and moments of great darkness.

Yellow is my favorite summer color - it makes me feel like a sunflower.

If you try and kind of focus on hope, but you know what it's like to be in the dark, then hope is more meaningful.