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The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory… — Ferdinand Magellan
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business,… — Vernon Howard
Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness… — Alphonse Karr
One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines. — Emile Zola
Smoking is very bad for you and should only be done because it looks so good. People who don't smoke have a terrible time finding… — P.J. O'Rourke
Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different... More terrible than… — Pat Robertson
I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion. ... Many people do simply… — Steven Weinberg
Urging humans to be superhumans, on pain of death and torture, is the urging of terrible self-abasement at their repeated and inevitable failure to keep… — Christopher Hitchens
I am filled with fear and tormented with terrible visions of pain. Everywhere people are hurting one another, the planet is rampant with injustices, whole… — Robert Anton Wilson
They are deceived who flatter themselves that the ignorant and debased slave has no conception of the magnitude of his wrongs. They are deceived who… — Solomon Northup
As believers, how can we fail to see that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are a terrible rejection of God's gift of life and love?… — Pope John Paul II
Another false philosophy that appeals to the Mr. Hyde side of our natures is that peeking into pornography is harmless. This is a terrible deception.… — James E. Faust
For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her… — Alison Lohman
That's what American democracy has come down to at these town hall meetings: old people and gun nuts, which is a terrible combination. I heard… — Bill Maher
We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out… — Dalai Lama
Human consciousness becomes a terrible gift which challenges the power that gave it. — Alison Jolly
An unrectified case of injustice has a terrible way of lingering, restlessly, in the social atmosphere like an unfinished question. — Mary McCarthy
War is a terrible trade. But when the cause is just, the smell of gunpowder is sweet. — Unknown Author
When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible. — Oscar Robertson
People are important too, however, and what a terrible impact a total ban on hunting would have on the rural economy, which is still reeling… — Ann Winterton
When the author walks on the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right...something so beautiful to some of us and… — C.S. Lewis
If I didn't do this well, I just wouldn't have anything to do... I can't cook, and I'd be a terrible housewife. — Freddie Mercury
McDonalds in Tokyo is a terrible revenge for Pearl Harbor. — S I Hayakawa
We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great capacity for love, friendship, generosity, kindness, faith, hope, and joy. — Dean Koontz

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