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Quotes About Alarmed

El papa Pío XII, un tanto alarmado, aunque el suyo era un Estado independiente del italiano, sustituyó las alabardas dd la guardia suiza por metralletas, que no se sabe de dónde las sacó. Dios proveerá, dicen.
~ Juan Eslava Galán
A sudden and unforseen swinging of his head alarmed all present. He seemed to be trying to scare off a flock of vampires biting into his brain.
~ Juan Filloy
y se qudó un instante mirando esos ojos grices que no la miraban, o bien que miraban todo con la misma desatención alarmada
~ Juan Gabriel Vásquez
The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away from the 'Family Values' issues that they believe should be the overwhelming concerns of Evangelicals. They have expressed their displeasure in letters of protest circulated through the religious media.
~ Tony Campolo
Mattis was particularly exasperated and alarmed, telling close associates that the president acted like—and had the understanding of—"a fifth or sixth grader.
~ Bob Woodward
The president left. Among the principals there was exasperation with these questions. Why are we having to do this constantly? When is he going to learn? They couldn't believe they were having these conversations and had to justify their reasoning. Mattis was particularly exasperated and alarmed, telling close associates that the president acted like—and had the understanding of—"a fifth or sixth grader.
~ Bob Woodward
People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.
~ Jane Porter
This kind of mixing of ingredients happens all the time at fast-food places... You know when you order french fries and there's a rogue onion ring at the bottom. You know, at first you're alarmed but you eat it. It all comes from the same place! You just have to go for it.
~ Chelsea Handler
Camille brushed by Jem, hardly looking at him, and Will followed, pausing only long enough to mutter "She doesn't smell like anything" to Jem under his breath. Jem looked alarmed. "You've been smelling her?
~ Cassandra Clare
Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day.
~ Bess Truman
Kristen is looking at me like I'm a plume of smoke in the kitchen, right before you yell fire!
~ Daniel Handler
The scale of these "cleansing executions" – judicial murder after summary trials – alarmed even Himmler who was visiting in October 1940, though obviously he was concerned not with the humanitarian issue but the wastage of much-needed "Aryan" labour.
~ Helen Graham
Not if you know the secret,' he countered, leaning closer. There was a slight Jack Nicholson vibe to all this. I drew back, faintly alarmed. 'It's simple. If you want a well-behaved goshawk, you just have to do one thing. Give 'em the opportunity to kill things. Kill as much as possible. Murder sorts them out.' And he grinned.
~ Helen Macdonald
He winked, and Clay managed to look embarrassed, alarmed, and confused all at the same time.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
All the conflicting feeling inside her suddenly found an outlet. The mixed motives for asking him in—the liking, the affection, the feminine curiosity, the piqued pride—suddenly merged into indignation to keep out something stronger. She was as much alarmed at her own feelings as indignant with him, but the situation had to be saved somehow.
~ Winston Graham
Did I?' Norfolk looks alarmed. 'It's come to that?
~ Hilary Mantel
It's a good thing you didn't get out of the workshop much. The girls of Rome would have been in trouble!" He grinned and waggled his brows. "Do you think so?" She pushed his shoulder. "Naughty boy." "I could be much naughtier." Caitlyn sucked in a breath, alarmed and thrilled by the dangerous look in his eyes. She clasped her hands primly in front of her
~ Unknown
So much alarmed that she is quite alarming
~ Lord Byron
God, don't laugh! Jamie said, alarmed. I didna mean to make ye laugh! Christ, Jenny will kill me if ye cough up a lung and die out here!
~ Diana Gabaldon
To my surprise, it was Lord John. But a Lord John I had never seen before. He was not so much disheveled as shattered, everything in order save his face. "What?" I said, deeply alarmed. "What's happened?
~ Diana Gabaldon
I'm more alarmed by people reacting violently to the violence in my films than I am by the violence in films.
~ George A. Romero
The whole aim of politics is to keep the populace alarmed—and hence clamorous to be led to safety—by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, almost all of them imaginary
~ Jack Kornfield
people were once again becoming alarmed at the sight of viking sails.
~ Unknown