Dreadfully Quotes

62 quotes by 52 authors

People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world. — Louisa May Alcott
Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? — John Cleese
All token Blacks have the same experience. I have been pointed at as a solution to things that have not yet begun to be solved,… — Leontyne Price
Pride is a vice not only dreadfully mischievous in human society, but perhaps of all others, the most insuperable bar to real inward improvement. — Elizabeth Carter
The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain. — Ronald Firbank
My sisters and I miss our dad dreadfully. But grief, of course, is the price of love. — Kathy Lette
There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading. — Agnes Smedley
Before I went to the Mess I made the excuse I wanted to get something out of my aeroplane, and climbed into the cockpit; I… — Charles Rumney Samson
Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs. — Ruth Gordon
O Lord, I wish to promote thy holy religion which is dreadfully neglected. I am desirous to save young persons from the vices of the… — Sarah Trimmer
People who are so dreadfully "devoted" to their wives are so apt, from mere habit, to get devoted to other people's wives as well. — Jane Welsh Carlyle
And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly. — Nancy Mitford
In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life… — Alvin Plantinga
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent… — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
The trouble with talking about acting is that it's like sex. It's enormously fun to do but just dreadfully embarrassing when you have to talk… — Paul Bettany
Of all the spirits, I believe the spirit of judging is the worst, and it has had the rule of me, I cannot tell you… — Frederick Denison Maurice
"It's very good jam," said the Queen. "Well, I don't want any to-day, at any rate." "You couldn't have it if you did want it,"… — Lewis Carroll
I am afraid I shall disappoint people's expectations dreadfully. — Jude Morgan
It has come to be a dreadfully common belief in the Christian Church that the only man who has a â€œcallâ€ is the man who… — Charles Spurgeon
The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their… — Oscar Wilde

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