Terrible Quotes · Page 49

There is wonder and a certain wicked pleasure in these giddy ascents and terrible falls, especially as they happen to other people.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

— Geraldine Ferraro

Every year it changes, sometimes I'm good at the 50m, sometimes I'm terrible, it really depends. I'm still not sure what my…

— Tera Van Beilen

If you don't hire at least one or two people that are smarter than you are, then you're a terrible manager and…

— Nolan Bushnell

“What did you ever do to deserve this? In all probability, something terrible.”

— Amrit Brar

I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like…

— Elaine Stritch

There's nothing terrible in death; 'Tis but to cast our robes away, And sleep at night, without a breath To break repose…

— Robert Montgomery

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

— Junot Diaz

I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own…

— Oscar Wilde

One thing that I discovered about myself is I really don't like traveling. I feel like it's a terrible personal failing, but…

— Joshua Ferris

You suffer when you give birth, it doesn't matter, it's nature. They tell you, oh, those hormone pills, they're terrible, you'll get…

— Jeanne Moreau

We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 'You fat pig. How can you do this?…

— Richard Simmons

Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal…

— Kurt Cobain

I sort of ended up in Los Angeles by accident. And it was sort of terrible to be jostled into this position…

— Kate Beckinsale

We can't know in advance what history is going to say, but I would be utterly amazed and surprised if this entire…

— Robert Reich

I grew up in Louisiana, and I grew up with a dysfunctional family with some very serious abuse from my stepfather, who…

— Tim McGraw

The first thing you do is sit down with your wife and say something like this, Honey, I've made a terrible mistake.…

— Tony Evans

You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons." Bast smiled a terrible smile. "There is only…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Blue as the evening sky, blue as cranesbill flowers, blue as the lips of drowned men and the heart of a blaze…

— Cornelia Funke

Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit…

— Amy Holden Jones

Have you ever seen a child sitting on its mother’s knee listening to fairy stories? As long as the child is told…

— Selma Lagerlöf

I think desire gives us - imagination - as well as actually often we pay a terrible price for it. Women are…

— Amber Hollibaugh

Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what…

— Oscar Wilde

I wanted to be rid of him," he says. He raises my chin with his thumb. "But not if it meant being…

— Lauren DeStefano

That's why I like to play golf, because I'm terrible at it and it's so difficult.

— Carson Palmer

Secrets are generally terrible. Beauty is not hidden--only ugliness and deformity.

— Anonymous

The government is a terrible employer, and that goes for national service jobs as well.

— Charles Murray

I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.

— Gavin Newsom

I never went after character payments. I'm pretty much terrible at naming characters, so I usually name them after people I know.

— Billy Lawrence

It is a terrible feeling to have to say goodbye to someone who so badly wants to make it work.

— Nick Viall

It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.

— Anonymous

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

— Annie Baker

I realized that I was a really, really terrible actor. I was like, "I'd better be myself."

— Zach Anner

I took a Groundlings class in my 20s, and I was terrible. They didn't even pass me to the next level.

— Rashida Jones

Lifestyle is an terrible, unpleasant put to not have a very finest buddy.

— Sarah Dessen

Well, at least I have the satisfaction of having destroyed a terrible monster, and in doing so rid the world of an…

— Griffin Jay

It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us.

— Jimmy Carter

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

— Nelson Mandela

I thought I was terrible [to play a cameo] and decided never to act again.

— Paul Auster

I think it's terrible for people in effect to say that income from investment should be taxed at a much lower rate…

— Howard Warren Buffett