There are few things more subtly distressing than an inappropriate gift from someone close to you. — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work… — Moliere 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
Reading was my hobby, my sport and my activity of choice. It was the prime pleasure of my days, an unfailing escape… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
Most fourth graders can't say why Abraham Lincoln is an important historical figure? Wow. This is far more distressing than if the… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
To mourn was distressing, but to endeavor to mourn and fail was worse than distress. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Do not grow overconfident following a few victories. Should you not rely upon the Holy Spirit you will soon be thrown once… — Watchman Nee 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
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
If sometimes our poor people have had to die of starvation, it is not that God didn't care for them, but because… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
With the right person in place, a very distressing chapter in the Justice Department's history can be closed and the process of… — Dianne Feinstein 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
That in all times, mediocrity has dominated, that is indubitable; but that it reigns more than ever, that it is becoming absolutely… — Charles Baudelaire 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
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
Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot. — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“Should we try to account for all the gifts of life there would be no time for distress and uneasiness.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Joy is the characteristic by which God uses us to re-make the distressing into the desired, the discarded into the creative. Joy… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps,… — Daniel Goleman 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
It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself. — Heath Ledger 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
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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