“There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control.” PeopleMenTryingHas BeensStoriesPoliticalNumbersEventsCircumstancesTerribleOrdinaryUniversalCaughtThemeMidstCaught UpOrdinary PeopleSierraSierra Leone Author:Edward Zwick
“When you live alone you no longer know what it is to tell a story: the plausible disappears at the same time as the friends. You let events flow by too: you suddenly see people appear who speak and then go away; you plunge into stories of which you can't make head or tail: you'd make a terrible witness.” PeopleKnowsStoriesSpeakEventsTerribleFlowDisappearWitnessGoing AwayTailsPlungePlausibleHeads Or Tails Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour...To stand in unity against extremism in all its forms and to stand up for our cherished faith, Islam. And so that the lasting image of these terrible events is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support between people of all faiths and cultures.” PeopleTodayFormCultureHoursSupportEventsKingsTerribleUnityIslamFranceParisLastingSolidarityExtremismUnprecedentedDarkest HourTerrible EventsKing Abdullah Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects of it did not occur to me -- I had no notion of this terrorist network that existed. I knew the were a lot of people in the world who didn't like us, but I had no idea that it was as well organized as it apparently is. That's one of the amazing facets of this terrible event: how well they did it. Incredible. The competence of these evil people.” PeopleWorldWellsIdeasEvilEventsTelevisionTerribleAspectNotionIncrediblesTerroristHorribleDumbNo IdeaSatOrganizedCompetenceFacetsEvil PeopleTerrible Events Author:Andy Rooney
“Journalism is an extraordinary and terrible privilege. Not by chance, if you are aware of it, does it consume you with a hundred feelings of inadequacy. Not by chance, when I find myself going through an event or an important encounter, does it seize me like anguish, a fear of not having enough eyes and enough ears and enough brains to look and listen and understand like a worm hidden in the wood of history.” IfsLooksDoeImportantEnoughFeelingsEyeChanceBrainEventsTerribleHundredEarsExtraordinaryPrivilegeWoodsJournalismEncountersAnguishWormsInadequacyFeelings Of Inadequacy Author:Oriana Fallaci
“Blessings be the inventor of the alphabet, pen and printing press! Life would be -- to me in all events -- a terrible thing without books.” BookWould BeEventsTerribleBlessingPressesPensTerrible ThingsInventorPrintingAlphabetPrinting Press Author:Lucy Maud Montgomery
“Often, my central challenge is figuring out how do I build trust, how do I acquaint people who've just endured some terrible event - losing their child to murder, say, or being sexually assaulted - with the bizarre and sometimes invasive nature of in-depth interviews that aren't just a quick list of ten questions?” PeopleChildrenSometimesChallengesEventsTerribleTenLosingMurderDepthListsInterviewsBizarreSexuallyTerrible Events Author:Sarah Stillman
“The just response to this terrible event should be to go immediately to the world community, the United Nations. The rule of international law should be marshaled, but it's probably too late because the United States has never done that; it's always gone it alone.” WorldShouldStatesDoneLawNationsCommunityUnitedUnited StatesGoneEventsTerribleLateResponseInternationalToo LateUnited NationsInternational LawTerrible Events Author:Edward Said
“The greater the suffering depicted, the more terrible the events, the more intense our pleasure.” SufferingPleasureGreaterEventsTerribleIntense Book:The Greek Way Source: The Greek Way
“The end of Students for a Democratic Society is viewed by me and a lot of other people as a terrible sorry in many ways, tragic event even though I participated in it and played some role in it. But I regret a lot of that.” PeopleWayEndsRolesEventsStudentsRegretTerribleDemocraticSorryTragicI RegretDemocratic SocietyTragic Events Author:Bill Ayers