Terrifying Quotes

460 Terrifying quotes by 389 unique authors

But alas, the most terrifying aspect of the whole fascist episode is the dark fact that most of its poisons are generated not by evil… — John T. Flynn
I have always felt it a great privilege to be in the theater, and I am grateful to all the playwrights who have given me… — Alfred Lunt
There was something alike terrifying and piteous in the spectacle of these frail old morsels of humanity consecrating their last flickering energies to the task… — Hector Hugh Munro
Let us return from that Table like lions breathing out fire, terrifying to the devil! — Saint John Chrysostom
Letting users control your site can be terrifying at first. From day one we were asking ourselves, "What is going to be on the front… — Kevin Rose
Romantic love can be terrifying. We experience another human being as enormously important to us. So there is surrender -not a surrender to the other… — Nathaniel Branden
The message of psychedelics is that culture can be re-engineered as a set of emotional and spiritual values rather than products. This is terrifying news. — Terence McKenna
Of all the criminal cases in which Philo Vance participated as unofficial investigator, the most sinister, the most bizarre, the seemingly most incomprehensible, and certainly… — S. S. Van Dine
Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance, with deep sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak in riddles, for… — Diodorus Siculus
The gigantic catastrophes that threaten us today are not elemental happenings of a physical or biological order, but psychic events. To a quite terrifying degree… — Carl Jung
The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. — Socrates
You know what would be the most terrifying thing that could ever happen to a flea? Getting caught inside a watch somehow. You don't even… — Jack Handey
I think there should be something in science called the "reindeer effect." I don't know what it would be, but I think it'd be good… — Jack Handey
This is my philosophy on all life, not just when it comes to love. All the best things are terrifying, but that's why they're the… — Thomas S. Monson
Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living. — Douglas Coupland
Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth, and development. — Lucille Roybal-Allard
Performing was terrifying. — Bryan Ferry
Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying. — Alex O'Loughlin
You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying. — Carre Otis
That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in… — Cordell Hull
Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful. — Frederick Soddy
And when you're on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet who thinks it's funny… — Denis Norden
Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to… — Joseph Rotblat
There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They… — Jessica Hagedorn
It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for… — Harry Mathews

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