Terrible Quotes

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When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person. — Juliana Hatfield
In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes… — Wilfred Burchett
We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master… — Henry L. Stimson
We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made… — Ismail Merchant
She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else… — J.R.R. Tolkien
In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a… — Josiah Strong
Whatever our personal burden or cross to bear might be, we are here. We live! We Learn! The Grand Adventure is under way for us.… — Elaine A. Cannon
The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the… — Lytton Strachey
There is the danger of over preparation, of loss of spontaneity; over rehearsal is the most terrible thing you can imagine. We do have a… — Terence Fisher
Right now it is a terrible thing to be a rugged individualist; but we don't know what else to be except a feeble nonentity. — Isabel Paterson
Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the… — Frank B. Kellogg
A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman. — John Lothrop Motley
Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after… — Paul Volcker
"Face the brutes." That is a lesson for all life-face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when… — Swami Vivekananda
September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy. — Vernon Jordan
Whenever I need to "get away", I just get away in my mind. I go to my imaginary spot, where the beach is perfect and… — Jack Handey
If there was a terrible storm outside, but somehow this dog lived through the storm, and he showed up at your door when the storm… — Jack Handey
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror… — Thomas A. Edison
Speaking of birthdays, our firstborn [recently turned 2]. As parents sometimes fondly do, we reminisced a bit about his early days on earth-the excitement, the… — Malcolm Forbes
A champion is suppose to hate to lose, and it wasn't like I was ever crazy about the idea. But I learned to deal with… — Pete Sampras
Once after Barefoot In the Park had been playing for about a week I went back to see it, watching the audience, which was just… — Simon Neil
I like to talk. I'm a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I'm a geeks. I have tried not… — Clay Aiken
It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is ever uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all… — William Cowper
If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is a terrible one to live an evil life, while believing… — Blaise Pascal
No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius. — Benjamin Disraeli

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