Terrible Quotes - Page 40

• I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My favorite of the day came from a large but shapely woman sitting nearby whom I learned was the owner of a local lingerie shop. 'Beh oui,' she said to her companion, waving her spoon for emphasis, 'il faut du temps pour la corsetterie.' You can't argue with that. I made a mental note not to rush things next time I was shopping for a corset, and leaned back to allow the waiter through with the next course.

  Peter Mayle

  Shopping, People, Sitting

  FaceBook post by Peter Mayle from Nov 26, 2011

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• Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value than life itself. This gallant Air Force hero will be remembered because he made his final contribution to aviation in the dangerous role of test pilot of an untried experimental plane, a deed that places him among the stout-hearted pioneers who gave their lives in the conquest of sky and space.

  Eddie Rickenbacker

  Hero, Sky, Space

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• The enemy wants to steal our peace and keep us stirred up, anxious, fearful, upset, and always in a stance of waiting for something terrible to happen at any minute.

  Stormie Omartian

  Waiting, Upset, Enemy

  Stormie Omartian (2013). “Prayer Warrior”, p.100, Harvest House Publishers

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• To taste fully is to live fully. And to live fully is to be awake and responsive to complexities and truths - good and terrible, overwhelming and miniscule. To eat passionately is to allow the world in; there can be no hiding or sublimation when you're chewing a mouthful of food so good it makes you swoon.

  Kate Christensen

  World, Taste, Hiding

  "Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites". Book by Kate Christensen, www.npr.org. July 9, 2013.

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• A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord.

  Oswald Chambers

  Christian, Grief, Heartless

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.203, Discovery House

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• For all the folks getting excited about my quotes. Here is another - Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you :)

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Coders, Excited, Folks

  Twitter post from Apr 19, 2010

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• It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars.

  Hortense Odlum

  Jobs, Men, Eight

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• Scratch a female inmate, I've discovered, and you'll usually find a girl whose mother had terrible taste in men.

  Cammie McGovern

  Girl, Mother, Men

  Cammie McGovern (2010). “Neighborhood Watch: A Novel”, p.9, Penguin

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• I think the English are bipolar. 'We're the greatest, no we're terrible' - that's a constant English struggle. Crime is down, there's little poverty - yet it's always the worst time to have lived here.

  Dara O Briain

  Funny, Struggle, Thinking

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• We always try to remember that at the end of the day, it's just cookies. Don't stress that hard, because it's a terrible thing to take home with you.

  Christina Tosi

  Life, Stress, Home

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• This Maya is everywhere. It is terrible. Yet we have to work through it. The man who says that he will work when the world has become all good and then he will enjoy bliss is as likely to succeed as the man who sits beside the Ganga and says, "I will ford the river when all the water has run into the ocean."

  Swami Vivekananda

  Running, Ocean, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.32, editionNEXT.com

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• I am willing to admit that some people might live there for years, or even a lifetime, so protected that they never sense the sweet stench of corruption that is all around them - the keen, thin scent of decay that pervades everything and accuses with a terrible accusation the superficial youthfulness, the abounding undergraduate noise, that fills those ancient buildings.

  Thomas Merton

  Sweet, College, Years

  Thomas Merton (1998). “The Seven Storey Mountain”, p.156, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The Israelis have suffered a great deal, we must condemn suicide bombers, and we must never say that the plight of the Palestinians justifies this terrible thing.

  George Carey

  Suicide, Bombers, Plight

  "Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out". Interview with Stephen Crittenden, www.abc.net.au. September 25, 2002.

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• And on Thursday, President Obama seized the opportunity of the National Prayer Breakfast to forthrightly criticize the 'terrible deeds' . . . committed 'in the name of Christ.'.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Prayer, Opportunity, Names

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• Perhaps the most striking thing about the 2015 State of the Union address was not the president at the podium but the audience in the seats. The joint session of Congress listening to President Obama Tuesday night included 83 fewer Democrats than the group that heard Obama's first address in 2009 - 69 fewer Democrats in the House and 14 fewer in the Senate. The scene in the House Chamber was a graphic reminder of the terrible toll the Obama years have taken on Capitol Hill Democrats.

  Byron York

  Taken, Night, Years

  "Obama's disconnected, out of touch, in denial State of the Union" by Byron York, www.washingtonexaminer.com. January 21, 2015.

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• The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib.

  Brit Hume

  Struggle, Thinking, Play

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• Living in New York is like being at some terrible late-night party. You're tired, you've had a headache since you arrived, but you can't leave because then you'd miss the party.

  Simon Hoggart

  New York, Party, Tired

  Simon Hoggart (1990). “America: A User's Guide”, HarperCollins

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• How terrible when people are led to believe, or left to believe, that once they are in love they have nothing to do but live happily ever after, they have nothing further to learn.

  Gerald Vann

  Love, Believe, People

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• When Alex left for Alaska," Franz remembers, "I prayed. I asked God to keep his finger on the shoulder of that one; I told him that boy was special. But he let Alex die. So on December 26, when I learned what happened, I renounced the Lord. I withdrew my church membership and became an atheist. I decided I couldn't believe in a God who would let something that terrible happen to a boy like Alex.

  Jon Krakauer

  Atheist, Believe, Boys

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• Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter.

  Paul Bailey

  Writing, Agents, Artistic

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• The legend of the jungle heritage and the evolution of man as a hunting carnivore has taken root in man's mind ... He may even believe that equal pay will do something terrible to his gonads.

  Elaine Morgan

  Believe, Taken, Men

  Elaine Morgan (2011). “The Descent of Woman”, p.8, Souvenir Press

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• If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

  Sophocles

  Shine Bright, Light, Shining

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• The terrible part of this looming catastrophe is that people have been working on solutions for years and have developed concrete steps to massively reduce our energy use, while stimulating whole new industries and technologies that are more efficient and affordable.

  David Suzuki

  Technology, Years, People

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• Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that bad times await them, not that the war may end in defeat, but that what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed - naturally, not in the earthly sense, but as Christians.

  Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

  Christian, War, People

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• Meek-eyed parents hasten down the ramps To greet their offspring, terrible from camps.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Parent, Ramp, Meek

  Phyllis McGinley (1951). “A Short Walk from the Station”

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