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title: "146 Things Worse Quotes by 115 authors"
description: "Browse 146 Things Worse quotes by 115 authors. Discover the best Things Worse sayings and thoughts."
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> [Things will get worse before they get better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/things-will-get-worse-before-they-get-better/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

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> [“Avoid compulsively making things worse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/avoid-compulsively-making-things-worse/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [Anger only makes things worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/anger-only-makes-things-worse/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [She didn't know there were things worse than selfish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/she-didn-t-know-there-were-things-worse-than-selfish/)

[Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/)

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> [I felt like things could never get any worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-smith/i-felt-like-things-could-never-get-any-worse/)

[Susan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-smith/)

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> [What good are insights? They only make things worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-carver/what-good-are-insights-they-only-make-things-worse/)

[Raymond Carver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-carver/)

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> [Smile -- things may get worse more slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asking-alexander/smile-things-may-get-worse-more-slowly/)

[Asking Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asking-alexander/)

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> [Cheer up, things will get worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bikram-choudhury/cheer-up-things-will-get-worse/)

[Bikram Choudhury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bikram-choudhury/)

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> [My faith in God reminds me that things could always be worse & they will get better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-faith-in-god-reminds-me-that-things-could-always-be-worse-they/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-brown-taylor/every-human-interaction-offers-you-the-chance-to-make-things-better/)

[Barbara Brown Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-brown-taylor/)

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> [Count your blessings, not complaints. Things could be worse, but they ain't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/count-your-blessings-not-complaints-things-could-be-worse-but-they/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When things get better, there's a swing to the pendulum where things get worse for others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/when-things-get-better-there-s-a-swing-to-the-pendulum-where-things/)

[Rupi Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupi-kaur/)

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> [Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeane-kirkpatrick/democrats-can-t-get-elected-unless-things-get-worse-and-things-won-t/)

[Jeane Kirkpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeane-kirkpatrick/)

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> [It is better to leave; when you know things will be worse, if we stick to your plan!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asif-z-warsi/it-is-better-to-leave-when-you-know-things-will-be-worse-if-we-stick/)

[Asif Z Warsi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asif-z-warsi/)

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> [Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-bacon/things-could-be-worse-you-remember-that-and-you-go-on-with-your-life/)

[Kevin Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-bacon/)

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> [You may never know when things start to go bad, but when things are worse you know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-sheehy/you-may-never-know-when-things-start-to-go-bad-but-when-things-are/)

[Gail Sheehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-sheehy/)

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> [In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-barr/in-all-troublous-events-we-may-find-comfort-though-it-be-only-in-the/)

[Amelia Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-barr/)

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> [You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-salazar/you-have-to-change-things-in-order-to-get-to-where-you-want-to-go-and/)

[Alberto Salazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-salazar/)

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> [“Time makes things worse. Bad is faster than good. Wickedness is a weed and does not wither on its own. It grows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-h-winters/time-makes-things-worse-bad-is-faster-than-good-wickedness-is-a-weed/)

[Ben H. Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-h-winters/)

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> [There's something inherently comic about the fact that politicians make things worse by worrying too much about something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armando-iannucci/there-s-something-inherently-comic-about-the-fact-that-politicians/)

[Armando Iannucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armando-iannucci/)

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> [Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published everyday, like those of a baseball player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/things-could-be-worse-suppose-your-errors-were-counted-and-published/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

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> [No matter how bad things are, they could always be worse. Start finding gratitude for what might have happened, but didn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mac-anderson/no-matter-how-bad-things-are-they-could-always-be-worse-start-finding/)

[Mac Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mac-anderson/)

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> [Sometimes it's not the pain that makes you suffer, it's your own negative thoughts that make things seem worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhat/sometimes-it-s-not-the-pain-that-makes-you-suffer-it-s-your-own/)

[Zhat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhat/)

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> [For a few minutes, everything is so cute that the mind reels… And then, believe it or not, things get worse. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/for-a-few-minutes-everything-is-so-cute-that-the-mind-reels-and-then/)

[Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/)

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> [Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures. Everything is better than some things and worse than others. Which you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-trotsky/everything-is-relative-in-this-world-where-change-alone-endures/)

[Leon Trotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-trotsky/)

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> [ We made this inexplicable turn into Iraq, where we've lost lives, money, honour and the coalition on \[George\] Bush's watch. Surely he's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/we-made-this-inexplicable-turn-into-iraq-where-we-ve-lost-lives-money/)

[Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/)

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> [I always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/i-always-make-a-big-effort-to-make-a-distinction-between-what-is/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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> [“Mundane uproar made things worse, Where self-awareness couldn't be thrust, Dived deep into a jar of the arduous universe, Unintendedly flew high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hareem-ch/mundane-uproar-made-things-worse-where-self-awareness-couldn-t-be/)

[Hareem Ch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hareem-ch/)

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> [In all the more advanced communities the great majority of things are worse done by the intervention of government than the individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/in-all-the-more-advanced-communities-the-great-majority-of-things-are/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [“Pessimism is not a belief that things will get worse, either for the individual or the species—it is more profoundly a rejection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-graham/pessimism-is-not-a-belief-that-things-will-get-worse-either-for-the/)

[Jacob Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-graham/)

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> [Just when you think things can't get any worse, they do. I have learned that life is like hour glass sand. Sooner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/just-when-you-think-things-can-t-get-any-worse-they-do-i-have-learned/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The one thing I have absolute faith in is mankind's capacity to make things worse. No matter how bad it gets, we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-grant/the-one-thing-i-have-absolute-faith-in-is-mankind-s-capacity-to-make/)

[Mira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-grant/)

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> [“I think maybe bad things seem worse when people are alone. When they can turn that bad thought over and over in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-wiersbitzky/i-think-maybe-bad-things-seem-worse-when-people-are-alone-when-they/)

[Shannon Wiersbitzky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-wiersbitzky/)

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> [I tried to imagine how things could get much worse. The gods were in the Midwest fighting a huge monster that had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/i-tried-to-imagine-how-things-could-get-much-worse-the-gods-were-in/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [Smile,Things Can Be Worse,Anything Can Happen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/smile-things-can-be-worse-anything-can-happen/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Time makes all things worse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demetrius/time-makes-all-things-worse/)

[Demetrius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demetrius/)

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> [Don't worry. Things will get worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-skelton/don-t-worry-things-will-get-worse/)

[George Skelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-skelton/)

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> [“Things get worse before they get better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/things-get-worse-before-they-get-better/)

[Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/)

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> [Managing by results only makes things worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-edwards-deming/managing-by-results-only-makes-things-worse/)

[W. Edwards Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-edwards-deming/)

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> [“But knowing that things could be worse should not stop us from trying to make them better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/but-knowing-that-things-could-be-worse-should-not-stop-us-from-trying-2/)

[Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/)

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                        "text": "I always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not being 21. Of course, it's much worse not to be 21. This is a given. But there are things that are worse.",
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                        "text": "“Mundane uproar made things worse, Where self-awareness couldn't be thrust, Dived deep into a jar of the arduous universe, Unintendedly flew high to another world, Unfit presently for the mythical realm, Just an insane birdie, living in a sane world.”",
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                        "text": "In all the more advanced communities the great majority of things are worse done by the intervention of government than the individuals most interested in the matter would do them, or cause them to be done, if left to themselves.",
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                        "text": "“Pessimism is not a belief that things will get worse, either for the individual or the species—it is more profoundly a rejection of the idea that the universe has laws that can be grasped, that “it will all make sense in the end.”",
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                        "text": "Just when you think things can't get any worse, they do. I have learned that life is like hour glass sand. Sooner or later, everything hits rock bottom, but all you have to do is be patient and wait for something to turn everything back around.",
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                        "text": "The one thing I have absolute faith in is mankind's capacity to make things worse. No matter how bad it gets, we're all happy to screw each other over. It's enough to make me wonder if we should have let the zombies win.",
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                        "text": "“I think maybe bad things seem worse when people are alone. When they can turn that bad thought over and over in their head, polishing it like a stone, until it shines dark and black. Maybe the key to making things better is being with other people. Little by little, smiles and laughter and hugs can chip away at any dark stone, even if it’s as big as a boulder to start. Then finally, bit by bit, it shrinks until it’s no bigger than a pebble, something that even I could kick down the road.”",
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                        "text": "I tried to imagine how things could get much worse. The gods were in the Midwest fighting a huge monster that had almost defeated them once before. Poseidon was under siege and losing a war against the sea Titan Oceanus. Kronos was still out there somewhere. Olympus was virtually undefended. The demigods of Camp Half-Blood were on our own with a spy in our midst. Oh, and according to the ancient prophecy, I was going to die when I turned sixteen—which happened to be in five days, the exact same time Typhon was supposed to hit New York. Almost forgot that.",
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                        "text": "Don't worry. Things will get worse.",
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