What I saw in Baltimore was distressing and it tells me we need stronger policies in this country. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder. — Geoffrey Fisher Copy Share Image
But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing. — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
Nothing is more sweet than harmony in marriage, and nothing more distressing than dissension. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A sloppy performance in a photograph is as distressing as a sloppy performance in music. — Fred Picker Copy Share Image
Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing. — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a… — Paul von Hindenburg Copy Share Image
Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
The attention deficit disorder of the culture is very distressing in America now and I think it puts a lot of things… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
...it is distressing how often one can guess the answer given to an economic question merely by knowing who asks it. — George Stigler Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how good the movie is. What matters is what it takes during the opening weekend. It's slightly distressing sometimes… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I've redone plays of mine and made changes. A play is a living thing, and I'd never say I wouldn't rewrite years… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The number of Americans killed since 9/11 by terrorism, it's less than 100. If you look at the number that have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Mary, my dearest Mother, give me your heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate, your heart so full of love and humility,… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
I'm an atheist. I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I do think that there is a big difference between family farms and agri-business, and one of the distressing things that I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I have had a fairly long life, above all a very happy one, and I think that I shall be remembered with… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
At this very moment,... the most frightful horrors are taking place in every corner of the world. People are being crushed, slashed,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
It could well be argued that the continuing rights abuses of the present Iraqi regime, if it is allowed to survive, will… — Frederick Forsyth Copy Share Image
The missionary is no longer a man, a conscience. He is a corpse, in the hands of a confraternity, without family, without… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
What really worries me is that those who are in positions of power are not really affected by what we are writing.… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face our own conflicts and… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
Most women I know love the idea of fashion, but the practicalities that go with it are just distressing. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself. — Heath Ledger Copy Share Image
The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose. — Hudson Stuck Copy Share Image
To mourn was distressing, but to endeavor to mourn and fail was worse than distress. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
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