“I've gone up for loads of jobs in the past that I knew were going to be terrible, and I've done my best, and I still haven't got them. So I think I've been lucky in who's decided I'd be worthy of their time.” ThinkingStillsDoneJobsPastGoneHavensTerribleLuckyDecidedWorthyLoad Author:Chris O'Dowd
“It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the United States and I've never really thanked them for it, because I haven't exactly been pro-military in my work.” MayStatesSoundUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryHavensTerribleSavedConventionalConventional Life Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“Artists have wild desires and a terrible hunger to achieve... Without it they haven't the juice for striving or loving. But desire also can make them greedy and turn dreams into unrealizable obsessions.” DreamDesireArtistTurnsAchieveHavensTerribleStriveHungerObsessionGreedyJuice Book:Affirmations for Artists Source: Affirmations for Artists
“Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.” PeopleFeelsDoneAgeWantedGrowingCarHavensFineTerribleHorrorComplainingOld AgeGrowing OldComplainersOld Car Author:Martha Gellhorn
“Cool thing about Fidel Castro is that the CIA and the mafia - which are both terrible organizations that tried to murder him again and again - haven't succeeded.” HavensTerribleOrganizationMurderAgain And AgainMafiaCiaCastroCool Things Author:Ian Svenonius
“So much of the trouble is because I am a woman. To me it seems a very terrible thing to be a woman. There is one crown which perhaps is worth it all--a great love, a quiet home, and children. We all know that is all that is worthwhile, and yet we must peg away, showing off our wares on the market if we have money, or manufacturing careers for ourselves if we haven't.” IfsKnowsChildrenHomeSeemsMarriageCareersTroubleHavensTerribleQuietWorthwhileCrownsWorth ItTerrible ThingsManufacturingGreat LoveShowing OffPeg Author:Ruth Benedict
“I have a terrible, terrible fear of knives. I only buy food that I don't need to cut... I haven't cut my food in years! Like, I won't even touch a plastic knife or anything sharp. And if I'm in a kitchen and somebody picks up a knife, I leave.” IfsNeedsYearsCuttingHavensTerriblePicksKitchenKnivesPlastic Author:Christian Serratos
“It often is a terrible insult to some families if one of the kids turns out to be an artist and that's one way to really shake up the family if you haven't got nerve enough to turn into a homosexual.” IfsWayEnoughKidsArtistTurnsHavensTerribleOne WayInsultShakesNervesHomosexualOften Is Author:Kurt Vonnegut