#terri

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#dangerous #dangers #fishermen #found #know

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#go #i #need #out #paint

One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#central #childhood #dove #farm #hunting

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#find #quest #terrible #terrible thing #thing

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all. ↗

— Catherine the Great

#business #gentle #i #i am #kindly

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#because #disability #fingers #handwriting #hit

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books. ↗

— John Green

#books #i #living #lot #read

There is a lot of talk in publishing these days that we need to become more like the Internet: We need to make books for short attention spans with bells and whistles - books, in short, that are as much like 'Angry Birds' as possible. But I think that's a terrible idea. ↗

— John Green

#attention #attention spans #become #bells #bells and whistles

I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help! ↗

— Josh Groban

#butterflies #five #freak #get #go

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me. ↗

— Josh Groban

#form #giving #idea #me #music