Terrible Quotes

Quotes about things going badly, said plainly.

This set of quotes centers on the word terrible, used here less as a complaint and more as blunt self-assessment: a public trumpet solo gone wrong, a subject someone never quite mastered, a debut recording the speaker later disowns. The tone stays candid rather than bitter throughout.

A dry stretch of commentary in the middle of an 'Anchorman' movie would have been a terrible thing.

Quotes by Adam McKay

I'm terrible with titles.

Quotes by Adam F. Goldberg

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It's a terrible poison, writing.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

I studied math, and I was terrible at it.

Quotes by Yair Lapid

The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.

Quotes by Wynton Marsalis

My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.

Quotes by Warren Zevon

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

Quotes by Wallace Stevens

Very wonderful books might be published, and very terrible books might be published.

Quotes by Victoria Strauss

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

Quotes by Vernon Jordan

When I was younger, I had a terrible problem with stuttering.

Quotes by Tony Evans

The waist is a terrible thing to mind.

Quotes by Tom Wilson

I'm just terrible at auditions. I don't know how anyone does it.

Quotes by Tom Riley

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Quotes by Thomas Hardy

I think these are terrible times to be anything in.

Quotes by Swoosie Kurtz

I've had lots of commercial success. I've also had some terrible reviews and some wonderful reviews.

Quotes by Susan Isaacs

Masculinity is a terrible problem, as we construe it and shape it.

Quotes by Susan Griffin

It's almost impossible to totally eliminate terrible content in a huge open network.

Quotes by Steven Levy

I earnestly feel terrible for any mistakes at the bank.

Quotes by Steve Mnuchin

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

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I love Mozart, but I often make a terrible hash of it.

Quotes by Simon Rattle

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There is a kind of relief in admitting something was terrible instead of dressing it up. If plain honesty about effort appeals to you, the Good quotes page offers the other side of that same coin.