#terrible thing

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. ↗

— Erica Jong

#hands #happens #life #own #take

It's a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else's tragedy. ↗

— John Dyer

#someone #terrible #terrible thing #thing #tragedy

Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after I became chairman of the Fed. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#basis #became #chairman #double-digit #fed

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#find #quest #terrible #terrible thing #thing

I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted. ↗

— John Guare

#ballet #because #celebration #city #every

It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#another #beneath #like #lower #mask

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#being #character #ever #finest #happening

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write. ↗

— Anne Perry

#course #eat #enjoy #i #i think

I've lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#author #being #both #funeral #i

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#business #fail #failure #knows #most