Grim Quotes

206 quotes by 196 authors

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new… — Terry Pratchett
The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new products are not successful. Yet the story of perseverance, creative genius, and hard work persists. — Eric Ries
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. — Theodore Roosevelt
I feel like a voodoo doll. It's grim. It's gross. — Emma Watson
Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it right.' The point… — Andrew Weil
It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the… — Dick Wolf
Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one of Mrs. McGregor's… — Regina Brett
I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is… — Colm Toibin
You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe that the joy is in the journey rather than the destination no matter how many… — Stephen King
O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The ship has weather'd every wrack The prize we sought is won The port is near,… — Walt Whitman
The Law is a grim, unsmiling thing. Not Justice, though. Justice is witty and whimsical and kind and caring. — Rohinton Mistry
My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail. — John Kennedy Toole
God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects… — Jeffrey R. Holland
A halo surrounded the grim reaper nun, Sister Maria. (By the way-I like this human idea of the grim reaper. I like the scythe. It… — Markus Zusak
If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so… — Martha Gellhorn
There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if there were no… — T.C. Boyle
You behold in me, Stephen said with grim displeasure, a horrible example of free thought. — James Joyce
Yossarian was cold, too, and shivering uncontrollably. He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden… — Joseph Heller
..."Fun?" you ask. "Weren't feminists these grim-faced, humorless, antifamily, karate-chopping ninjas who were bitter because they couldn't get a man?" Well, in fact the problem… — Susan J. Douglas
The available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been extremely chastened to… — Douglas Adams

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