Terrible Quotes

Certainly I had a really terrible time with 'Emotionally Weird.' When I finished it, I thought, 'I can't write any more.

Then there were things-- epic, terrible things-- that he didn't tell her but skirted around, like caressing the edges of a wound, hesitant, testing for pain.

Why isn't life better designed so it warns you when terrible things are about to happen?

The world is filled with terrible things that can influence children, and movies have depicted them since time immemorial. Should every terrible thing warrant an R-rating?

I had been warned about Jews by my gentile friends - they did terrible things with knives to boys.

it is the possibilities which are the most terrible things in life.

Sometimes good people have to do terrible things.

To have a choice at all is to be free - even when the choice is between two terrible things.

David, Moses, Saul of Tarsus, these were all people who did terrible terrible things  -  they were murderers. The Bible would be a lot shorter without grace.

I think these are terrible times to be anything in.

People are terrible. They do terrible things to each other, they hurt each other, they lie, they're vain, they're shallow, they're violent ... but they're all we have.

It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.

Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.

It's a terrible poison, writing.

The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.

I don't think there's ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that's terrible and a lie.

Unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes.

Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.

When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.

The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.

I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature.

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

Ah! my friend, for whomever is alone, without a god and without a master, the weight of time is terrible. One must then choose a master, God being out of style.

There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.

Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.

What a terrible world it would be if we only did films that were poster boards for political causes.

My advice would be to whoever is going after judges by name, whether it's the president or anybody else, I think it's a terrible idea. I don't think it's a very smart thing to do a Muslim ban.

I'm so terrible. When it comes to talking to women, I'm the worst. I don't know what to say. I come over very, very geeky.

We all have great ideas. No one ever says, "I've got this terrible idea."

The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives

My grandmother was overwhelmed by what was happening to us. She ahd moved back into the past because the here and the now was too terrible.

How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began.

Human consciousness becomes a terrible gift which challenges the power that gave it.

It's hard to describe to people how terrible it was when you could only watch cartoons at a certain time in your life.

Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.

I don't like to know too much because I'm a terrible liar.

Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable.

It is difficult to live with the pure. They do not condemn you; they forgive you. This forgiveness is more terrible than a judgment.

Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.

Most of us have been subjected to terrible political poetry at least once or twice in our lifetimes, and so we tend to shy away from it.

It's so mental how I looked in the '90s. The fact that I thought my ponytail was a good thing - it was just terrible. Cutting it off was so monumental.

Class Day is a terrible name for a day when you don't have to go to any class.

I prefer for things to happen serendipitously, but honestly, I also love terrible pickup lines.

It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.

To be relieved of love, she thought, was to give up a terrible burden.

And so a person can never promise to love someone forever because you never know what might come up, what terrible thing the person you love might do.

How terrible would it be to just wait there pathetically alone for him never to show up?" Eudoxia's expression grew more serious. "That's what you're doing anyway, my dear.

I think in the long run, it will be better for us if we solve our problems without suffering through some terrible disaster. I like the idea of change without Apocalypse.

Belief needs something terrible to make it work, I find--blood, nails, a bit of anguish.

I always think I'm terrible. So it's always a relief when I find out that I wasn't. I've had roles where I realized that I was in way over my head - and that is my biggest fear.