Terrible Quotes

2708 Terrible quotes by 1872 unique authors

Wouldn't it be terrible if I quoted some reliable statistics which prove that more people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol. — W.C. Fields
The difficulty is, all swing thoughts decay, like radium. What burnt up the course on Wednesday has turned to lead on Sunday. Yet it does… — John Updike
People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to… — Mother Teresa
Outside among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion of totalitarian governments.… — E. O. Wilson
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling or being unwanted, uncared for, deserted by everybody. The greatest… — Mother Teresa
Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of… — Henry Fielding
We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine. — Pierce Brosnan
In his play depicting the Salem Witch Trials, the author illustrates profound psychological bullying. The ringleader of young girls suspected of unsavory conduct, frightens her… — Arthur Miller
Childish fantasy, like the sheath over the bud, not only protects but curbs the terrible budding spirit, protects not only innocence from the world, but… — Elizabeth Bowen
Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting. — Heinrich Heine
Can love and peace live in the same heart? Youth is unhappy because it is faced with this terrible choice; love without peace, or peace… — Pierre Beaumarchais
The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man. — John F. Kennedy
If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the… — Nelson A. Miles
Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty. — Mignon McLaughlin
I have dumped a girl over the phone. It's terrible, isn't it? We got into an argument during a phone call, so I basically said,… — Justin Bieber
When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a… — Peter L. Berger
I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia. — David O. Selznick
If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do… — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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