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Quotes About Terrible

That was my mom. It was like all the terrible things in the world manifested in her into a rebellion against darkness. A defiant exuberance... There is no way on earth, no God so cruel, no fate so callous, that it would let this particular spirit perish.
~ Andrea Portes
I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back.
~ Sloane Crosley
All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.
~ Cleopatra
It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.
~ Robert E. Lee
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
~ Eli Wallach
TV - a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. However, it is our latest medium - we call it a medium because nothing's well done.
~ Goodman Ace
I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.
~ Paddy Ashdown
I am prepared to admit that when it comes to dealing with the House and Senate leaders, Obama is terrible. But he's great with the public. Which hates the House and Senate as much as he does.
~ Gail Collins
On 'Masterchef' I'm always a big fan of the puddings. But I have to confess, as a child I absolutely loved butterscotch angel delight. My mum used to make it in huge bowls. She's one of the worst cooks ever, bless her. The best thing she did was a chilli con carne, and that was still terrible.
~ Gregg Wallace
I like auditioning. I like working on material. I just love working. I like the chance to work on material. Sometimes it helps to not be going into a room cold and to know people. I've spent a lot of years getting to know people in the business, and that really helps. It depends. You can have some pretty terrible auditions.
~ Patrick J. Adams
Dad, I'm in an airport with armed police. How much trouble can I cause?" Mum's fingers tightened around her book. "This is a terrible idea," she muttered.
~ Rob Lloyd Jones
Flag arguments are ugly. Passing a boolean into a function is a truly terrible practice.
~ Robert C. Martin
the architecture of a system has very little bearing on whether that system works. There are many systems out there, with terrible architectures, that work just fine. Their troubles do not lie in their operation; rather, they occur in their deployment, maintenance, and ongoing development
~ Robert C. Martin
Familiarity in this existence makes all things tame, for what may seem Terrible or bizarre, when once our eyes have had time to acclimatize
~ Robert Greene
Death was terrible. That didn't stop it from being necessary.
~ Robert Jordan
It does not do to laugh at the pangs of youth. They are very terrible because youth has not yet learned that 'this, too, will pass away.
~ L.M. Montgomery
I suppose all this sounds very crazy — all these terrible emotions always do sound foolish when we put them into our inadequate words. They are not meant to be spoken — only felt and endured.
~ L.M. Montgomery
Night is beautiful when you are happy—comforting when you are in grief—terrible when you are lonely and unhappy.
~ L.M. Montgomery
Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." The most terrible and tremendous saying in the world, Jane… because we are all afraid of truth and afraid of freedom… that's why we murdered Jesus.
~ L.M. Montgomery
The worst possible manager for a manse, said Miss Cornelia bitterly. Mr. Meredith won't get any other housekeeper because he says it would hurt Aunt Martha's feelings. Anne dearie, believe me, the state of that manse is something terrible. Everything is thick with dust and nothing is ever in its place. And we had painted and papered it all so nice before they came. There are four children, you say? asked Anne, beginning to mother them already in her heart.
~ L.M. Montgomery
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. From screenplay: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
~ Larry Forrester
What time is it? Time? Time. Oh, She said. A quarter to four. Mr. Markham, something terrible has happened. She didn't have to tell me that. Something perfectly dreadful had happened, by God. Someone had called me in the middle of the bloody night.
~ Lawrence Block
A mind may be a terrible thing to waste, but it's an even worse thing to have to listen to.
~ Lawrence Block
... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.
~ Mercedes Lackey