Dreadful Quotes

340 quotes by 271 authors

To suggest that the merciful, longsuffering, gracious and loving God of the Bible would invent a dreadful doctrine like Calvinism, which would have us believe… — Tim LaHaye
I never entertained the dreadful thought that my face was anything other than good and fair until, in an act of revelation, I picked up… — Dafydd ap Gwilym
Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to re-arrange… — Simon Schama
Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally… — C S Forester
Matilda told such dreadful lies, It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes Her aunt, who, from her earliest youth, Had kept a strict regard… — Hilaire Belloc
In the World War [WW1] nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an… — J F C Fuller
If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in… — John Kendrick Bangs
I would close every recruiting station, disband the Army, and disarm the Air Force. I would abolish the whole dreadful equipment of war, and say… — George Lansbury
By the tons it is coming into this country - the deadly, dreadful poison that racks and tears not only the body, but the very… — Harry J. Anslinger
I think the notion of retirement is just a dreadful, dreadful idea and I hope I never have to do that. — Michael Moritz
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. — Kay Redfield Jamison
As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents… — J D Hayworth
Men may deprive me of property and honour; sickness may take away my strength and other means of serving You; I may even lose Your… — Claude de la Colombiere
Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent… — Alex North
Ah, love. A dreadful bond! And yet, so easily severed. — Davy Jones
So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade's wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for abolition. Let the consequences… — William Wilberforce
That day of wrath, that dreadful day. When heaven and earth shall pass away. — Walter Scott
I am guilty of a dreadful selfish crime. I have robbed myself of all my precious time — Robert Earl Keen
My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio,… — Satyajit Ray
Television doesn't want to admit it has those dreadful roach ads on anyway. — Michael O'Donoghue

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