#terrible thing

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#become #door #funeral #get #god

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#big #card #diplomacy #gamble #hand

Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#endeavor #euro #get #terrible #terrible thing

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#fear #makes #terrible #terrible thing #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

The Israelis have suffered a great deal, we must condemn suicide bombers, and we must never say that the plight of the Palestinians justifies this terrible thing. ↗

— George Carey

#condemn #deal #great #great deal #israelis

I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It's a terrible thing to do. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#businessman #countless #go #having #i

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

— John Dyer

#someone #terrible #terrible thing #thing #tragedy

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#christian #especially #hand #man #other

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