Terrible Quotes

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Colonialism is a terrible bane for a people upon whom it is imposed, but a blessing for a language. English's drive to exploit the new… — Yann Martel
Then you know that Sam was the true hero of the tale,' Sayna said. 'That he faced far greater and more terrible foes than he… — Jim Butcher
I hate Bollywood. The movies are all garbage, just terrible. It's my opinion; obviously, there are billions who like and love them. I don't like… — Russell Peters
In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource at… — Kofi Annan
There is no evil as terrible as a woman. — Euripides
People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more… — Thomas A. Edison
Having to know the answers puts in terrible positions from which to learn. — Daniel Dae Kim
- Oh no, The Collective Farm policy was a terrible struggle... Ten million (he said holding up his hands). It was fearful. Four years it… — Joseph Stalin
This is terrible, when a writer is bored by his own work, but it was a real bomb and had reached the point where I… — David Eddings
They hunt you. It's terrible... They never think about how the person feels about what they write. — Michael Jackson
Mastery is not measured by the number of terrible things you eliminate from your life, but by the number of times you eliminate calling them… — Neale Donald Walsch
I've made a terrible confession to you, he concluded gloomily. Do appreciate it, gentlemen. And it's not enough, not enough to appreciate it, you must… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing "noses on us," as in… — Swami Vivekananda
I live alone with my one dog and they say it like it's a sad, it's a terrible thing. This woman lives alone with her… — Julie Bowen
When we think how narrow and devious this path of nature is, how dimly we can trace it, for all our lamps of science, and… — Arthur Conan Doyle
[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust. — Edith Sitwell
For that was the terrible power of the dementors: to force their victims to relive the worst memories of their lives, and drown, powerless, in… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities. — Itzhak Perlman
The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all. — William Dean Howells
TV—a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. We call it a medium, because nothing's well done. — Goodman Ace
What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell. — Yann Martel
I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any… — Garry Kasparov
In real life I'm a poor dressmaker and a terrible cook, anything in fact but the perfect wife. — June Allyson
It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen. — Eve Bunting
I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of… — Amanda Palmer

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