#terrify

That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction. ↗

— Cordell Hull

#brought #destruction #development #direction #incredible

We've seen some insane signs: 'Is that a loaf of bread in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?' Funny stuff along those lines. Very original. One just said, 'I will do unspeakable things.' I thought that was very interesting - and mildly terrifying! ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#bread #funny #funny stuff #happy #i

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#children #clowns #drink #living #out

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#abandon #absolutely #appalled #brain #dare

It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#child #company #delicious #especially #extremely

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#else #fear #feelings #inflict #less

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#absolutely free #every #feeling #free #life

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's a terrifying thing to say. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#comedian #had #i #kind #personality

The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book. ↗

— Paul Kane

#also #being #being alone #book #came

The loss of a child is the most terrifying place for me to go. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#go #loss #me #most #place