Terrible Quotes

2708 Terrible quotes by 1872 unique authors

Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy… — David Halberstam
There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and… — Poppy Z. Brite
Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of… — Pierre Curie
It should be remembered that hundreds of people of African ancestry also walked the Trail of Tears with the Cherokee during the forced removal of… — Wilma Mankiller
I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that… — John Guare
I love babies. I think they are beautiful in all sorts of different ways. I try to pick up and hold a baby every day,… — Michael Scott
Mistakes are growth, and we learn not to do it again. But it doesn't make you a terrible person. That's important to me. — Paula Danziger
Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so high,… — Cressida Cowell
Sometimes, they wait. Sometimes, you see the dead come in to the harbor, and their old dogs are all along the docks, wagging their tails,… — Douglas Clegg
For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind… — Ferdinand Mount
I wasn’t old enough to realize that I could be my terrible self and have people love me for that. — Kelly Oxford
The hang clean is unweighted and is of little use to watch, except that it shows a problem known as a Donkey Kick. As the… — Mark Rippetoe
When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for… — Betsy Lerner
The desert sky is encircling, majestic, terrible. — Paul Shepard
The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing. — Sam Altman
Let me tell you the truth: The truth is what is. And what should be is a fantasy a terrible, terrible lie that someone gave… — Lenny Bruce
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging… — Anne Lamott
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress… — Tench Coxe
I don't want to make this sound negative at all, but in the best way possible I freaking give up. I give up. You can't… — Fiona Apple
Money holds terrible power when it is loved — Elisabeth Elliot
Love is a wonderful, terrible thing — William Shakespeare
There is only one sin - lack of love. Be brave, be capable of loving, even if love seems a terrible and treacherous thing. Find… — Paulo Coelho
Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an example of decadence,… — Barney Rosset
There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself, it crept up… — W. Somerset Maugham
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a… — Alberto Giacometti

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