What a terrible thing it is to lose one's mind...

“Hope is a terrible thing to lose.”

— Neal Shusterman

It's a terrible thing that your life turns into a good story.

— Salman Rushdie

Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

— P. T. Barnum

To win, the first thing you have to do is not lose.

— Warren Buffett

To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing,

— Hypatia

I wanted to be cute. That's the terrible thing. I should have had more sense.

— Dorothy Parker

The terrible thing about acting is the stops and starts.

— Anjelica Huston

My arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is the most terrible thing that lies in my soul.

— Nikita Khrushchev

I know the most terrible thing that can happen to a woman. That is the gang-up. Men put you to sleep with their drops…

— Ethel Waters

A mime is a terrible thing to waste.

— Marcel Marceau

An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing.

— Ross Macdonald

The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is the hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ.

— C. S. Lewis

For the truth is a terrible thing.

— Robert Penn Warren

Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired.

— Pete Townshend

A terrible thing happened to me last night again—nothing.

— Phyllis Diller