Distressing Quotes

What I saw in Baltimore was distressing and it tells me we need stronger policies in this country.

— Bernie Sanders

The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder.

— Geoffrey Fisher

But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.

— Piers Anthony

The day on which I received confirmation was a distressing one to me.

— Maria Monk

Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing.

— Andre Breton

Nothing is more sweet than harmony in marriage, and nothing more distressing than dissension.

— Martin Luther

A sloppy performance in a photograph is as distressing as a sloppy performance in music.

— Fred Picker

Most women I know love the idea of fashion, but the practicalities that go with it are just distressing.

— Caitlin Moran

The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.

— Bill Nighy

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to…

— Alan Kay

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

Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and…

— Dalai Lama

The attention deficit disorder of the culture is very distressing in America now and I think it puts a lot of things…

— Edward Hirsch

...it is distressing how often one can guess the answer given to an economic question merely by knowing who asks it.

— George Stigler

I've known a lot of people go mad over the years, and it is more distressing than people dying. People dying is…

— Alan Moore

One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine.…

— Shirley Chisholm

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

Mary, my dearest Mother, give me your heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate, your heart so full of love and humility,…

— Mother Teresa

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

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

The big story of 2013, a very distressing year, is that Americans continue not to be able to find the full-time jobs…

— Mitt Romney

We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it our power to be in heaven with him right now-to…

— Mother Teresa

It seems that some consideration should be given to the cause of our mounting physical disabilities, but instead of going to the…

— Lester Roloff

We are taught from the very first moment to discover Christ under the distressing disguixe of the poor, the sick, the outcasts.…

— Mother Teresa

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to…

— George Washington

At this very moment,... the most frightful horrors are taking place in every corner of the world. People are being crushed, slashed,…

— Aldous Huxley

The missionary is no longer a man, a conscience. He is a corpse, in the hands of a confraternity, without family, without…

— Paul Gauguin

What really worries me is that those who are in positions of power are not really affected by what we are writing.…

— Chinua Achebe

I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes.…

— Dalai Lama

To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face our own conflicts and…

— Karen Horney

Twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even…

— Paolo Giordano

Therefore, philosophy does not give sense in mind happiness. It keeps in mind the only truth. However, it is very possible that…

— Marcel Conche

“It's distressing when intellect can't detect its own defects.”

— Juan Filloy

“You're distressing Dani. No one distresses Dani but me.”

— Karen Marie Moning

The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose.

— Hudson Stuck

[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.

— Winifred Holtby

There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing.

— Ridley Scott

I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.

— Maxine Peake

Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.

— Mother Teresa

The more distressing the memory, the more persistent it's presence.

— Sara Gruen