#bad news

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#ask #bad #bad news #company #easy

My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it delivers the bad news that prices need to go up. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bad #bad news #bunch #competition #consumers

I do miss Glasgow but Malibu is home now. I love it here and when I do go back to Scotland it takes me a bit of time to acclimatise. I am a spoilt so-and-so. I live in the mountains of Malibu in the most gorgeous house and I phone my mum every day and tell her that I have got bad news - that it is only 70 degrees here. ↗

— Tommy Flanagan

#back #bad #bad news #bit #day

The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#according #administration #bad #bad news #everything

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#bad news #being #close #delivering #fail