“It's going to be so wonderful you're going to forget about all your troubles in the past! It's going to be so wonderful you're going to forget about all these things that happened before, those terrible things you've been through! Hallelujah? It will be worth it all when we see Jesus! Life's trials will seem so small, when we see Christ! One glimpse of His dear face, all sorrow will erase! So bravely run the race, 'til we see Christ!” SeemsRunningPastFacesJesusChristForgetRaceWonderfulHappenedTroubleTerribleSorrowDearTrialsHeavenlyWorth ItGlimpseTerrible ThingsEraseHallelujah Author:David Berg
“The unions are the worst thing that ever happened to education because it's not a meritocracy. It turns into a bureaucracy, which is exactly what has happened. The teachers can't teach and administrators run the place and nobody can be fired. It's terrible.” RunningTurnsTeachTeacherHappenedWorstTerribleUnionsWorst ThingsBureaucracyAdministratorsMeritocracy Author:Steve Jobs
“I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity. Its record for being accurately predictive is really, really poor! If you look at the whole history of science fiction, what people have said is going to happen, what writers have said is going to happen, and what actually happened - it's terrible.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksSaidImportantWholeHappensPoorFictionRecordsHappenedTerribleCapacityImportant ThingsScience FictionHistory Of Science Author:William Gibson
“I was in Korea. I've noticed all my life I see elderly people who have been close to death in an illness and they're absolutely cured and they say, now I know how to live my life. I've seen death. That happened to me when I was 19. It was a terrible, terrifying thing. And I live my life like those people decided to do when they were old. So, since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensFunKnow HowHappenedTaughtTerribleDecidedArmyTheaterIllnessRoughLiving My LifeKoreaElderlyI Live My LifeClose To Death Author:Michael Caine
“I was a terrible student in high school and the thing that the auto accident did - and it happened just as I graduated, so I was at this sort of crossroads - but it made me apply myself more, because I realized more than anything else what a thin thread we hang on in life, and I really wanted to make something out of my life.” MadeWantedSchoolHappenedStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolAccidentsI RealizedThreadCrossroads Author:George Lucas
“My mom, for most of her life, was a Holocaust denier. And it was terrible for the entire family to have to deal with until, finally, a couple years ago, we had an intervention. And we had a rabbi come into the home, had him walk her through the history of the Jewish people, and then he made her watch "Schindler's List." And after that, my mom did a complete 180. Now she can't believe it only happened once.” PeopleYearsBelieveMadeHomeHumorFunnyWalksDealsWatchesHappenedMomCoupleTerribleYears AgoMy MomListsHolocaustInterventionRabbiHolocaust DeniersSchindlerSchindler's List Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I can remember saying again and again and again, "A terrible thing has happened, but this should be a kind of wake-up call for our country, and we have a great opportunity now to reinvent ourselves. To rethink our position about oil and energy, to rethink our relationship with other cultures and other countries, and why other people want to attack us."” PeopleWantShouldKindI CanCountryRememberCultureOpportunityEnergyHappenedPositionTerribleWake UpOilOur CountryOur RelationshipOther CountriesAgain And AgainTerrible ThingsGreat OpportunityOther CulturesRelationships With OthersWake Up Call Author:Paul Auster
“I am very romantic about communism even still, but I know terrible things happened.” KnowsStillsHappenedTerribleThings HappenCommunismTerrible ThingsVery Romantic Author:Lars von Trier
“I think that what happened is that we grew up with the Holocaust within us. It turned us into harsh, emotionally incapable people who have become blind to what they are doing to other people. A lot of times, Holocaust abuse justifies terrible things done to the Palestinians. And you have to realize that what is going on is terrible, and that we are responsible, and we have to take responsibility - even if we are not completely responsible.” PeopleIfsThinkingDoneRealizingResponsibilityHappenedGrewTerribleGrew UpAbuseResponsibleBlindJustifyHolocaustPalestinianIncapableHarshTaking ResponsibilityTerrible ThingsThings Done Author:Eytan Fox
“If your child dies, or you witness a terrible natural disaster, yes, you certainly want a scientific explanation as to what's happened. But science can't help you to find meaning, help you deal with that turbulence of your grief, rage, and dismay.” IfsWantChildrenHelpingDiesNaturalDealsGriefHappenedTerribleOur ChildrenRageDisasterWitnessYour ChildrenExplanationFind MeNatural DisasterTurbulenceDismay Author:Karen Armstrong
“Something terrible has happened to the soul of the Republican Party. We've gone from bad economic doctrine. We've even gone beyond selfishness and special interests. At this point we're talking about a state of mind that takes positive glee in inflicting further suffering upon the already miserable.” MindSoulStatesSufferingInterestPartyTalkingGoneHappenedEconomicSpecialTerribleRepublicanDoctrineMiserableSelfishnessState Of MindRepublican PartySpecial InterestsGlee Author:Paul Krugman
“We will never be able to understand the terrible things that happened between 1933 and 1945 if we deny from the outset that Hitler also had human characteristics, and if we fail to take into account not only his criminal energies, but also the appealing qualities he had.” IfsHumansAbleEnergyQualityFailingHappenedTerribleAccountsDenyCriminalsCharacteristicsTerrible Things Author:Volker Ullrich
“The problem the cable channels have is they have to fill 24 hours. That's a terrible thing. We only do that on the biggest stories. The thing is there has happened to be a lot o” StoriesProblemHoursHappenedTerribleTerrible ThingsCables Author:Scott Pelley
“Well, I don't want to talk too much about my children, but a friend of one of my children, something really terrible happened to her. I just felt like I had to speak about growing up again, because I felt that there's no way I can talk about difficulties of life. I had to talk about possibilities.” WayWantWellsChildrenI CanSpeakFeltGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingHappenedPossibilityTerribleDifficultyMy Children Author:Lukas Moodysson
“When somebody is talking to you about something terrible on set with lines, and you believe what he says, sometimes it gives a strange vibe, because you wonder when that person is talking if he's talking about something that really happened to him and he's using the character.” IfsGivingBelievePersonsSometimesCharacterLinesTalkingWonderHappenedStrangeTerrible Author:Vincent Cassel
“I noticed that some of my deadness was being replaced by an intense feeling about the Greek stories and the Bible stories. They were similar. There was something naked about these stories. Terrible things happened, and then some more terrible things.” StoriesFeelingsHappenedTerribleThings HappenIntenseNakedGreekReplacedTerrible ThingsBible StoriesIntense Feelings Author:Susanna Kaysen
“Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight.” KindPersonsArtPainHappenedTerribleShameComplexesTerrorBrilliantCuriousWorks Of ArtGreat WorkTerrible Things Author:John Cusack
“The end of the '60s was a terrible time. I was in Los Angeles then, and I remember the night someone ran into the studio and told us about the Manson murders. Then suddenly something happened, the '60s disappeared. The '70s were completely different.” DifferentEndsRememberNightHappenedTerribleMurderStudiosRanLos AngelesMansonTerrible Times Author:Claes Oldenburg
“Whenever I went to an historical moment that was sad or where something terrible happened, it was, for me, a learning moment, a teaching moment for those who survived.” MomentsHappenedTeachingTerribleHistoricalSurvived Author:Fred D'Aguiar
“So, you could often say things are terrible and that accounts for what happened, or things are really bright, and that accounts for what happened. Often, the real explanation for what happened is much more subtle and interesting and involves maybe small shocks or what a couple people did on a Wednesday morning that changed the arc of history.” PeopleRealInterestingMorningHappenedChangedCoupleTerribleAccountsExplanationShockSubtleArcsWednesdayWednesday Morning Author:Cass Sunstein
“I'd just written the book Ocean Of Sound, and this terrible thing happened in my life: my wife committed suicide. I was a single parent because of that; I was completely shattered. I had a book that I'd just finished that had been produced through a really, really terrible period, but I had managed to finish it.” BookParentSoundWifeWrittenHappenedPeriodsTerribleOceanSuicideCommittedMy WifeFinishedThings HappenTerrible ThingsShatteredSingle Parent Author:David Toop
“There's an understanding of common prayer that I think we're seeing grow, more and more. When I travel, I hear from people who are deeply touched that our common prayer takes time to remember some of the terrible tragedies that have happened around the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldRememberGrowsUnderstandingPrayerCommonSeeingHappenedTerribleTragedyAround The WorldTouchedTake TimeTerrible Tragedy Author:Shane Claiborne