“I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant news cycle, and everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday, everything is - if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, your presidency is going off the rails.” IfsThinkingLongImportantViewsTomorrowTerribleNewsCrisisImportant ThingsConstantCyclesFedsPresidencyRailDoomsday Author:Barack Obama
“The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.” MenLaughingHe ManTerribleNewsLaughter Book:Poems Source: Poems
“This is the woman who stopped the Stanford Prison Study. When I said it got out of control, I was the prison superintendent. I didn't know it was out of control. I was totally indifferent. She came down, saw that madhouse and said, "You know what, it's terrible what you're doing to those boys. They're not prisoners, they're not guards, they're boys, and you are responsible." And I ended the study the next day. The good news is I married her the next year.” KnowsYearsSaidNextBoysStudySawsTerribleMarriedNewsResponsiblePrisonPrisonerIndifferentNext DayGood NewsNext YearStanfordMadhousesSuperintendents Author:Philip Zimbardo
“This is really hard to do but I'd like to change the tone now and briefly mention today's terrible tragedy in France. Twelve people were killed because a satirical newspaper made jokes that some group found offensive. All of us are accustomed to bad news from around the world. But this story hits home for anybody who mocks anyone.” PeopleWorldMadeHardStoriesHomeTodayFoundGroupsTerribleNewsJokesTragedyNewspapersAround The WorldFranceToneTwelveOffensiveAccustomedBad NewsSatiricalTerrible Tragedy Author:Conan O'Brien
“The FBI is urging all Americans to beware of any letters or packages that have badly misspelled words. Man, this is going to be terrible news for the rap industry.” MenIndustryTerribleNewsLettersRapPackagesFbiMisspelled Words Author:Jay Leno
“He who is still laughing is he who hasn't heard the terrible news.” StillsLaughingHeardTerribleNews Author:Bertolt Brecht
“Checking voicemail is like, "When's the other shoe going to drop?" I'm always afraid it's going to be terrible news I don't want to hear.” WantTerribleNewsShoes Author:Annie E. Clark
“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.” PeopleWantLongPolicyTerribleNewsLong TimeAssumingAdministrationMotivatedDisagreeTerrible ThingsFunny ThingsGrindBad NewsTalk To MeAxes Author:Seymour Hersh
“And also, folks live in a regular world, so when they come to our show [Aladdin], we want to take that away from them for a little bit. Just give them two hours to make up for the train that didn't come on time or the terrible news you get from TV.” WorldWantGivingLittlesTwoShowsBitsHoursTvsTerribleLittle BitNewsTrainFolks Author:James Monroe Iglehart
“I have met with women who toward the end of their pregnancy get the worst news one could get, that their health is in jeopardy if they continue to carry to term or that something terrible has happened or just been discovered about the pregnancy. I do not think the United States government should be stepping in and making those most personal of decisions. So you can regulate if you are doing so with the life and the health of the mother taken into account.” IfsThinkingShouldEndsStatesGovernmentMotherTermDecisionUnitedUnited StatesTakenHappenedWorstTerribleMetsNewsAccountsPregnancyState GovernmentJeopardyUnited States Government Author:Hillary Clinton
“Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.” AmericaCommonWonderTerribleNewsGunCommon SenseShootingLegislation Author:Jon Meacham
“I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news... if you ever had an idea that people were really terrible, you could watch the news and know that you're right.” PeopleIfsKnowsIdeasWatchesTerribleNews Author:Frank Zappa
“I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet!” WantLoveLifeHeartLongSaidMomentsRoomsImagineWonderfulBrokenFineTerribleRight NowNewsBlindFilledOptimisticLong LifeGus Author:John Green
“Evie hadn’t always felt that way. For a year after James had died, she’d cupped his half-dollar pendant between her pressed palms and prayed fervently for a miracle, for a telegram that would say GOOD NEWS! IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE, AND PRIVATE JAMES XAVIER O’NEILL HAS BEEN FOUND, SAFE, IN A FARMHOUSE IN FRANCE. But no such telegram ever arrived, and whatever possible faith might have bloomed in Evie withered and died. Now she saw it as just another advertisement for a life that belonged to a previous generation and held no meaning for hers.” WayYearsHas BeensMightFoundFeltMistakeHalfSawsGenerationsTerribleSafeNewsMiracleDiedDollarsFranceGood NewsPalmsAdvertisementsWitheredPrevious GenerationsTelegramsPendants Author:Libba Bray