Terrific Quotes
326 quotes by 291 authors
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If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.
— Arnold Bennett
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I've been very lucky. There are guys I know who are really terrific in this business of stand-up who have not gotten the recognition they…
— Lewis Black
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I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release.
— Tony Abbott
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I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.
— Jeff Bridges
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The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.
— Benjamin Britten
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The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
— Winston Churchill
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Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
— Minna Antrim
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In every child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again:…
— James Agee
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I'm going to get a new hairdo and look terrific and go back to school and even if nobody notices, I'm going to be the…
— Joanne Woodward
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You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big…
— Oswald Chambers
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How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend?
— Wallace Stevens
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It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific.
— Mike Krzyzewski
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It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in…
— Neale Donald Walsch
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The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and tortuous.
— Anna Quindlen
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Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.
— Neil Simon
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Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand.
— Roger Caras
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If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality…
— Gene Tunney
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Some people try to get out of jury duty by lying. You don't have to lie. Tell the judge the truth. Tell him you'd make…
— George Carlin
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I don't know about bores. Maybe you shouldn't feel too sorry if you see some swell girl getting married to them. They don't hurt anybody…
— J D Salinger
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to…
— Agnes Martin
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