Bad News Quotes

• The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Giving, Priorities, Brain

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.342, Macmillan

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• Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Science, Light

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.622, Pan Macmillan

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• Better to have bad news that's true than good news we made up

  Eric Ries

  News, Made, Good News

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• Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  News, Journalism, Lost

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• Bad news travels fast. Good news takes the scenic route.

  Doug Larson

  News, Routes, Scenic

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• More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.

  Simon Sinek

  Dark, People, Expectations

  "Sharing Information Is Part Of Leadership: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

  Colin Powell

  Wine, Reality, Age

  Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

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• The good news is that Jesus is praying for us. The bad news is that we are going to need it!

  John Wimber

  Jesus, Needs, News

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• Though it be honest, it is never good to bring bad news.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, News, Honest

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 2, sc. 5, l. 85

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• I'd rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Lying, Men, News

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “The Other Wind”, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.

  Peter Diamandis

  News, Sells

  Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (2014). “Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• In the business world, bad news is usually good news - for somebody else.

  James Surowiecki

  News, World, Good News And Bad News

  "Don't Do the Math". www.newyorker.com. January 24, 2005.

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• Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

  Bill Gates

  News, Way, Improvement

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• Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Jobs, Business

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.80, Hachette UK

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• bad news travels faster than good.

  Catherine the Great

  Negativity, News, Faster

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• You are powerful. Sorry. Hate to be the bearer of bad news. You are. You can continue arm wrestling with yourself, or you can use both arms, your whole heart, and all your strength to wrestle with greatness. The choice is yours.

  Peter McWilliams

  Sorry, Powerful, Hate

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

  Ted Nelson

  News, Computer, Classroom

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• Quit sharing bad news and gossip you aren't a garbage truck.

  Grant Cardone

  Gossip, News, Garbage

  Twitter post from Apr 17, 2017

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• Bad news drives out good news. The irrational is more controversial than the rational. Concurrence can no longer compete with dissent. One minute of Eldridge Cleaver is worth ten minutes of Roy Wilkins. The labor crises settled at the negotiating table is nothing compared to the confrontation that results in a strike ... normality has become the nemesis of network news.

  Spiro T. Agnew

  News, Tables, Controversial

  John R. Coyne, Spiro T. Agnew (1972). “The Impudent Snobs: Agnew Vs. the Intellectual Establishment”, New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House

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• More bad news for the Taliban. Remember how they are promised 72 virgins when they die? Turns out that it's only one 72-year-old virgin.

  Jay Leno

  Years, News, Remember

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• The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.

  Sarah Silverman

  Smart, Mean, Hopeful

  FaceBook post by Sarah Silverman from Mar 16, 2011

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• When you're expecting bad news you have to be prepared for it a long time ahead so that when the telegram comes you can already pronounce the syllables in your mouth before opening it.

  Robert Pinget

  Long, News, Mouths

  Robert Pinget (1966). “Mahu: Or, The Material: a Novel”, Riverrun Press

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• Oxytocin is a Teflon hormone - bad news rolls off it.

  Robert M. Sapolsky

  Oxytocin, Teflon, News

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people, people of color, you know, the bad news happens to be news. They used to have these little stupid colloquialisms that pop up like, "You know what? No news is bad news!" They trick the masses into thinking that any news is great for you. And I just think that's a piece of crap.

  Chuck D

  Stupid, Rap, Thinking

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 12, 2012.

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• Each stage of development, remember, has a dialectic of progress--in plain language, every new development is good news, bad news.

  Ken Wilber

  Plain Language, Progress, News

  Ken Wilber (2007). “A Brief History of Everything”, p.185, Shambhala Publications

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