Badly Quotes

1092 Badly quotes by 867 unique authors

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an… — Isabel Allende
If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite it that way, in your head. You can even start to believe it. — Jodi Picoult
Many of the characters are fools and they're always playing tricks on me and treating me badly. — Jorge Luis Borges
Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't talk of duty… — Barbara Mertz
The worst of being a Communist is the parties you may go to are - well - awfully funny and touching but not very gay...I… — Nancy Mitford
I mean, we're all going to die. We know that on an intellectual level. We figure it out when we're still fairly young, and it… — Jim Butcher
I cry because the future has once again found its sparkle and has grown a million times larger. And I cry because I am ashamed… — Douglas Coupland
You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard. — Madeleine L'Engle
I've wanted you from the moment I first saw you in the museum. Before that. I wanted every part of you from the first time… — Shana Abe
Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should… — George Orwell
It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like. — Nick Hornby
In this game he had acquired a great deal of muddled knowledge, more than one approximation and less than one certitude. And absence of energy,… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
Grace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt — Maggie Stiefvater
How sad it was, Carmen thought, that you acted awful when you were desperately sad and hurt and wanted to be loved. How tragic then,… — Ann Brashares
As for myself: I had come to the conclusion that there was nothing sacred about myself or any human being, that we were all machines,… — Kurt Vonnegut
Hatsuharu Sohma: [after tripping Kyo] If I hadn't had tripped you, you wouldn't have stopped now would you. [addressing the audience] Hatsuharu Sohma: By the… — Natsuki Takaya
The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel. I broke something, Old Man. How badly is it broken? It's in a million little… — James Frey
I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I write, I simply… — Kurt Vonnegut
The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always puritanical… — Robert A. Heinlein
To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it. — Kurt Vonnegut
Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly. — George Orwell
Perfectionism doesn't believe in practice shots. It doesn't believe in improvement. Perfectionism has never heard that anything worth doing is worth doing badly--and that if… — Julia Cameron
When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and… — Sara Gruen
You see, you’re doing it again. Telling me nothing. (Tory) You know, trust is always a good idea…for someone else. Every time I’ve ever made… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
So why the sudden girlspeak, Urian? Neither one of us is really into discussing our feelings…and no offense, I like the fact we don’t. (Acheron)… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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