Bad News Quotes - Page 5

• Democratic Senator Harry Reid is expected to make a full recovery after he was exercising with a resistance band that snapped, causing him to fall. The good news is he's fine. The bad news is there's no video of it.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Fall, Recovery, Exercise

  5 Copy quote

• I had a friend say to me the other day, I hate when I see Jonathan Metzl on your show because I know it`s bad news. I know that there has been a shooting.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Hate, News, Shooting

  Source: www.msnbc.com

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• I quit because I'm so tired of hearing bad news about cigarettes... Even if they discover good news, they don't publicize it - like the fact that smoking seriously reduces the risk of jogging.

  Arj Barker

  Tired, Smoking, Risk

  7 Copy quote

• Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each other as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  News, Easy, Enough

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2006). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”, p.53, Penguin UK

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Kim: "What, a coffee? Hollie, I have some bad news. I hate you, okay?" Hollie: "You hate everyone, Kim." Kim: "You're one of everyone.

  Bryan Lee O'Malley

  Hate, Coffee, Hollies

  4 Copy quote

• I was shocked when they told me congratulations, you won, that's the good news. Then the bad news is that you have six battles next week. That was a bit of a shocker. I was exhausted. And I had Chopped shooting that same week. I didn't have a sous chef lined up; I thought that was bad karma to try to think ahead. So I scrambled. I scrambled the jets, took off and we bombed our target. I think it's gone well.

  Geoffrey Zakarian

  Karma, Congratulations, Thinking

  4 Copy quote

• Depression must be avoided, no matter what the cost. Depression is lying on the Edwardian couch for six months, too tired to unlace your shoes. Depression is awakening each morning feeling as if someone near and dear and closely related died the night before. Bad news. Don't tempt depression.

  Tim Sandlin

  Morning, Lying, Tired

  Tim Sandlin (2010). “Social Blunders: A Novel”, p.8, Sourcebooks, Inc.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• They reached the carriage house. When she turned the knob, he got all critical again. “Why isn’t this door locked?” “It’s Parrish. There’s not much point.” “We have crime here, just as any other place does. Keep this door locked from now on.” “Like that’s going to stop you. All you’d have to do is give it one good kick, and – “ “Not from me, you ninny!” “I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but if they find my body, you’re the one with the biggest grudge.” “It’s impossible to hold a rational conversation with you.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Hate, Doors, Giving

  8 Copy quote

• I've just had some bad news. Tomorrow is the mother in law's funeral. And she's cancelled it.

  Les Dawson

  Mother, Law, Funeral

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  18 Copy quote

  Show source

• If competitors don't like our two to one advantage, dominating market share with both SP and DS, well, I've got bad news. Because we just made it two and a half to one.

  Reggie Fils-Aime

  Two, News, Half

  Speech at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, 2005.

  19 Copy quote

  Show source

• You can't help some increase from this point. I don't want any viewer to go away think a magic wand exists in Congress. So they're going to see some more bad news. But if we do this, we're doing the right thing.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Magic, Going Away

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Think of it as the military doing a spectacular hack as opposed to blowing things up. The internet allows ISIS to have a secure method of communication across the globe. It helps the group recruit and raise money. That's the bad news.

  Dina Temple-Raston

  Military, Communication, Thinking

  Source: www.npr.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• So far rich people have been very quiet about the possibility of getting taxes raised on them, but that doesn't mean they won't get mad about it, it just means they don't know about it. Because it takes a while for bad news to reach a rich person. First their accountant has to tell the butler, who has to tell the servant, who wouldn't dare interrupt their game of croquet.

  Craig Ferguson

  Mean, Games, Mad

  7 Copy quote

• Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps, your presidency by writing for the Supreme Court majority to rule health care reform constitutional.

  Ron Fournier

  Writing, Justice, President

  4 Copy quote

• There is a real hunger for spiritual things in today's culture; people are seeking something spiritual, something beyond themselves. That's the good news. The bad news is people are not getting it at church because the church is singing songs, preaching messages, doing programs, and taking offerings for itself.

  John C. Maxwell

  Spiritual, Song, Real

  "Turning Vision Into Reality". Enrichment Interview, enrichmentjournal.ag.org. January 2000.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• An Israeli man's life was saved when he was given a Palestinian man's heart in a heart transplant operation. The guy is doing fine, but the bad news is, he can't stop throwing rocks at himself.

  Jay Leno

  Heart, Men, Rocks

  10 Copy quote

• Experts say that Iraq may have nuclear weapons. That's bad news - they may have a nuclear bomb. Now the good news is that they have to drop it with a camel.

  David Letterman

  Funny, Sarcastic, Iraq

  18 Copy quote

• In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself.

  Al Franken

  Mean, Political, Democracy

  "Putting an End to Secret Campaign Contributions" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 16, 2012.

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• To the old, the new is usually bad news.

  Eric Hoffer

  News, Novelty

  10 Copy quote

• The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.

  Bob Hope

  Jesus, Pissed Off, News

  73 Copy quote

• The national media are doing everything they can to suppress bad news about Hillary Clinton and everything they can to maximize bad news about Donald Trump.

  Newt Gingrich

  Media, News, Clinton

  Source: abcnews.go.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think it would be a mistake for social media companies to try to, on their own, determine or deign what is a fake news story and what isn't and shut it off, or what's a good news organization or a bad news organization. That's a very, very slippery slope.

  Vivian Schiller

  Mistake, Thinking, Media

  Source: www.npr.org

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• The funny thing is, this is what everyone assumes, that anybody who talks has an axe to grind. I've been around a long time, and yes, there obviously are people who disagree with policy who talk to me, but it's less axes to grind than people who are really motivated. One of the terrible things about this Administration is that nobody wants to hear bad news.

  Seymour Hersh

  Axes, Funny Things, Long

  Source: www.progressive.org

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I get really excited about collaborating because by the end of the day you have something that you never thought you'd have. I was really happy about writing "Bad News" and a bunch of other stuff on the record that came out so well.

  Orianthi

  Writing, The End Of The Day, News

  Source: www.seventeen.com

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's a good news - bad news type of situation. The good news is that we won; the bad news is that my average is 9.00.

  John Garrett

  Average, News, Type

  4 Copy quote