Terrible Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old terrible quotes, terrible sayings, and terrible proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

It's terrible to lose your brain and your power to be conscious or in the moment. Graham Shiels
Terrible is the temptation to be good. Bertolt Brecht
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. Sophocles
Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord. George R. R. Martin
What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell. Yann Martel
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision. Helen Keller
What a terrible thing it is to lose one's mind... Dan Quayle
There is a terrible weight in all kinds of beauty Joyce Carol Oates
Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior. David Brooks
What terrible tragedies realism inflicts on people. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must. Swami Sivananda
It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it. Kurt Vonnegut
Everything terrible is something that needs our love. Rainer Maria Rilke
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind. William Shakespeare
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. Thomas Carlyle
There are much more terrible things than physical injury. J. K. Rowling
How terrible it is to be woman...but only because of men. Ki Longfellow
It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles. Michael Leunig
There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts. Albert Camus
The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. Remy de Gourmont
He was so terrible that he was no longer terrible, only dehumanized. F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else's tragedy. John Dyer
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise Sophocles
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously. Barry Humphries
It's a terrible thing to be lonesome, especially in the middle of a crowd. Marilyn Monroe
There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30. Cleveland Amory
Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you. Chuck Palahniuk
Nothing is terrible except fear itself. Francis Bacon
The most terrible of all things is terror. William Rounseville Alger
We all make terrible mistakes in our lives. Scott Bradfield