Worse Quotes

The idea of infection began to be taken far more seriously than it ever had before. Hospitals transformed themselves in response to the new plague - sometimes for the better, but often for the worse, as when, in fear, they cast their ulcerated patients out into the streets.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

As many know, and especially those who may have young sons or daughters at colleges or universities, the last thing you want to hear is a call that perhaps one of your children was injured or, even worse, lost their life in a tragic fire at a dorm or campus housing.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

I wish my deadly foe no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.

I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, 'If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.' And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute.

A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan, for better or worse.

After a sound drubbing followed by half a day's fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.

When I was young, I told my sister that she had chunky thighs. She slapped me and I cried. She feels bad about it to this day, but I feel worse.

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

The worse the reviews, the better for our demographic.

I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set, I don't feel like I'm set. And I don't have any baggage, for better or worse. I don't have any plants or pets or kids. I can lock the door and go. I need to be with somebody for whom that's okay.

Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

That thought process that somehow other people have to be worse off in order for you to be better off does not work. People get on boats people jump fences to get away from that kind of thought process.

The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places?

A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.

If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.

Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first step toward undermining the program's fundamental goals.

I dread handshakes. I've got some problems with my hands, and everywhere I go, people want to impress me with their grip. To make it worse, now women are coming up with that firm shake.

The job of buildings is to improve human relations: architecture must ease them, not make them worse.

But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse.

A bad peace is even worse than war.