#horrid

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#does #eloquent #fact #good #horrid

I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically if it had not been for the horrid boils on the back of his neck. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#been #boils #burton #cadet #course

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#eloquent #horrid #kind #more #object

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#away #bad #bad one #difficult #flash

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#awe #deprived #discourage #ensue #horrid

Why didn't God apportion fine looks in equal accordance with deserving personalities? A horrid man ought to be horrid looking. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#looks #personalities #equality

The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild. ↗

— Wilkie Collins

#hanging #head #horrid #house #into

The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph. ↗

— James Larkin

#cast #creatures #enlarged #got #horrid

It is horrid to smirk. ↗

— Helen Fielding

You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#best #brightest #burden #challenge #expression