Terrible Quotes

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Seriously, I think it is a grave fault in life that so much time is wasted in social matters, because it not only takes up… — Philip Larkin
There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. — Victor Hugo
I don't have a sense of time. Time is timeless to me, and I'm not in a hurry to get older. I mean, if I… — Unknown Author
We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it. — William Tecumseh Sherman
They do not know what they say. If it came to a conflict of arms, the war will last at least four years. Northern politicians… — Robert E. Lee
The terrible thing about having New York go stale on you is that there's nowhere else. It's the top of the world. — John Dos Passos
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I… — J D Salinger
Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements. — Harry Houdini
We recall our terrible past so that we can deal with it, to forgive where forgiveness is necessary, without forgetting; to ensure that never again… — Nelson Mandela
It must be terrible to have to live among people and not like human nature. — William Feather
To become acquainted with oneself is a terrible shock. — Carl Jung
The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with it. There, as… — Federico Garcia Lorca
Beauty is a terrible and awful thing! It is terrible because it has not been fathomed, for God sets us nothing but riddles. Here the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing. — P T Barnum
When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and… — Aristotle
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and… — Bertrand Russell
It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by the roots, the dreadful sense… — Hector Berlioz
Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the grand-daughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. Slaver y is… — Zora Neale Hurston
It is important not to suppress your feelings altogether when you are depressed. It is equally important to avoid terrible arguments or expressions of outrage.… — Andrew Solomon
Loneliness is a terrible blindness. — Christina Stead
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit. — Cecil B. DeMille
In this world, there is one terrible thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons. — Jean Renoir
When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live… — John F. Kerry
A corrupt society is terrible for humanity and great for business. — Farhan Akhtar
I also have been called that terrible "N" word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just… — Halle Berry

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