Terrible Things Quotes - Page 3

• It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

  Tillie Olsen

  Needs, Lifetime, Terrible

  Source: progressive.org

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• The men who committed the atrocities of September 11 were certainly not "cowards," as they were repeatedly described in the Western media, nor were they lunatics in any ordinary sense. They were men of faith—perfect faith, as it turns out—and this, it must finally be acknowledged, is a terrible thing to be.

  Sam Harris

  Men, Media, Perfect

  Sam Harris (2005). “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason”, p.67, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.

  Robert Carlyle

  Bullying, Terrible

  "Taking it seriously". Interview with Libby Brooks, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2000.

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• When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves.

  Tony Campolo

  Evil, Islam, Muhammad

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• It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.

  Maria Callas

  Thinking, Rocks, Your Side

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• When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good food than perhaps I'd like to. So many of my friends are really good chefs. It's kind of like being in the Mafia.

  Anthony Bourdain

  New York, Mafia, Complaining

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. January 8, 2008.

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• 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.

  Alan Ball

  Companion, Terrible, Acknowledge

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• It's a terrible thing for a book, when you feel like you're supposed to like it.

  Lev Grossman

  Book, Like You, Terrible

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• The terrible thing about the internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The internet might give you what you want, but it won't give you what you need.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Book, Shopping, Giving

  "The best things in life are..." by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2007.

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• A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

  Lois Wyse

  Mother, Children, Grandma

  Lois Wyse (2011). “Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother”, p.9, Harmony

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• It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved.

  Tom Wolfe

  Funny, Leadership, Believe

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• The waist is a terrible thing to mind.

  Tom Wilson

  Inspiration, Mind, Terrible

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• Well, my theory is this: war is such a terrible, such an atrocious, thing that no man, at least no Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of beginning it; but it belongs to government alone, when it becomes inevitable.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Christian, War, Responsibility

  "Anna Karenina".

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

  Andre Leon Talley

  Reality, Thinking, Tvs

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• The numbing mind-ream of knowing you're alone not because people won't accept you but because you find so little worth accepting. An imposed solitude is better than simply tolerating your company in waiting for something better. So loneliness is not such a terrible thing when you consider that the alternative to thought provoking solace is to be surrounded only by remindings of why that solitude is preferable.

  Jhonen Vasquez

  Loneliness, Knowing, People

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• The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse.

  Iain Pears

  Men, Evil, Done

  Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.321, Penguin

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• There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many scary stories. (Note self: start writing about unicorns and bunnies)

  Patrick Carman

  Writing, Self, Scary Stories

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• But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started doing the usual terrible things to him.

  Terry Pratchett

  Balance, Matter, Normal

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1)”, p.122, Random House

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• I strike fear into you because I am a man?" "It isn't funny." "I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that your husband is a man. A very terrible thing.

  Catherine Anderson

  Husband, Men, Laughing

  Catherine Anderson (2008). “Comanche Moon”, p.247, Penguin

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• 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.

  Anita Shreve

  Forever, Promise, Might

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• There is a kind of crying I hope you have not experienced, and it is not just crying about something terrible that has happened, but a crying for all of the terrible things that have happened, not just to you but to everyone you know and to everyone you don’t know and even the people you don’t want to know, a crying that cannot be diluted by a brave deed or a kind word, but only by someone holding you as your shoulders shake and your tears run down your face.

  Daniel Handler

  Running, People, Brave

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• I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music, you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.

  Denis Leary

  Thinking, Work Ethic, Acting

  "The End of Rescue Me, But Not Denis Leary". Interview with Nancy Doyle Palmer, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

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• It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Vision

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• Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

  Erica Jong

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 18, 2014

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• Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.

  Hypatia

  Children, Pain, Believe

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