Terrible Quotes
2708 Terrible quotes by 1872 unique authors
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If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a…
— Ernest K. Gann
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Because friends have to be brutally honest with each other. I'd feel terrible if I didn't tell you what I was thinking, especially at a…
— Don DeLillo
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Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.
— Joan D. Vinge
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It is a terrible thing for an old woman to outlive her dogs.
— Tennessee Williams
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That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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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
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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
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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
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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
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One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
— Emile Zola
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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