Terrible Quotes

2708 Terrible quotes by 1872 unique authors

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. — Flannery O'Connor
I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it. — P.J. O'Rourke
After my husband died, I could not write much - I could not concentrate. I was too exhausted most of the time even to contemplate… — Joyce Carol Oates
Mark Twain was very unhappy with himself for various reasons. He was very unhappy with America of this time. He thought it was terrible we… — Joyce Carol Oates
'The Accursed' is very much a novel about social injustice as the consequence of the terrible, tragic division of classes - the exploitation not only… — Joyce Carol Oates
This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world… — Barack Obama
When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music. — Conor Oberst
I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy. — Gary Oldman
I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You… — Gary Oldman
For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not… — Ehud Olmert
Borders had lousy management and made bad corporate decisions, so its fate is less like a terrible accident than a slow-motion slide into a ditch,… — Susan Orlean
The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there are no terrible… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible. — Vanessa Paradis
The story of Jesus makes no sense to me. God sent his only son. Why could God only have one son and why would he… — Trey Parker
To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects… — Neil Peart
Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling. — Roman Polanski
I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. — Sydney Pollack
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. — Colin Powell
I've lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That's the most terrible thing about being an author… — Terry Pratchett
The process of a date, I think, is terrible. Horrible. Because everything is banal and predicted. — Miuccia Prada
What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is. — Dan Quayle
I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terrible drawer. I can't… — Daniel Radcliffe
With any kind of artistic thing, it's a muscle, like any athlete, and the moment you're not doing it, you lose all confidence. That's why… — Daniel Radcliffe
I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days. — Rachael Ray
Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us. — Rainer Maria Rilke

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