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Bad News Quotes (page 2)

But it is a curve each of them feels, unmistakably. It is the parabola. They must have guessed, once or twice -- guessed and refused to believe -- that everything, always, collectively, had been moving toward that purified shape latent in the sky, that shape of no surprise, no second chance, no return. Yet they do move forever under it, reserved for its own black-and-white bad news certainly as if it were the rainbow, and they its children. . . . Thomas Pynchon
In real life things don’t go so smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the person who knocks at our door is, more likely than not, a messenger bearing bad news. Haruki Murakami
You're giving up the hunt for de Taillebourg?' Thomas asked. He had learned the priest's name from Robbie. 'No.' Robbie still had his head back as he stared at the magnificence of the transept's ceiling. 'I'll find him and then I'll gralloch the bastard.' Thomas did not know what gralloch meant, but decided the word was bad news for de Taillebourg. Bernard Cornwell
Bertolt Brecht quote: "He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news."
He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news. Bertolt Brecht
You know it's nothing new. Bad news never had good timing. Then the circle of your friends will defend the silver lining. Pain throws your heart to the ground, love turns the whole thing around. No, it won't all go the way it should, but I know the heart of life is good. John Mayer
Jhumpa Lahiri quote: "Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled..."
Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed. Jhumpa Lahiri
M. F. K. Fisher quote: "after rare beef and wine, when the lobes turn red, was the..."
...after rare beef and wine, when the lobes turn red, was the time to ask favours or tell bad news. M. F. K. Fisher
Built into bad news is that sense of profound disbelief. The mind struggles to absorb the bare facts, defending itself against the larger implications. Sue Grafton
Jon Stewart quote: "I have some bad news. Bjork cannot be here tonight. She was..."
I have some bad news. Bjork cannot be here tonight. She was trying on her Oscar dress and Dick Cheney shot her. Jon Stewart
John Barth quote: "Self knowledge is always bad news."
Self knowledge is always bad news. John Barth
I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that. Steven Moffat
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
Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country. Helen Suzman
R. Lee Ermey quote: "The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more."
The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more. R. Lee Ermey
Indra Devi quote: "Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not..."
Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door. Indra Devi

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