Appalled Quotations

It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons; I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate.

Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when the federal government gets between my patients and their right to the full range of medical information and complete access to health care.

What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all commentary and that he wanted hard news.

It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates.

I'm a director, but I gotta have the hair, the makeup and the heels. My mother would be appalled if I didn't dress up.

I am furious at the way that we have allowed money to subvert our democracy. I am appalled at the way that the U.S., a very wealthy nation, permits and even encourages a level of poverty that other wealthy nations would not even consider.

We are now paying the cost of people who move jobs overseas as taxpayers, and people are appalled when they hear that.

As Indians, we take great pride in the fact that we are a progressive nation. We are proud of our democracy, our secular values as well as our entrepreneurial spirit. We are appalled by the harsh laws that govern women's lives in Taliban-dominated lands. Yet we turn a blind eye to the injustices that our own society continues to heap upon women.

I'm appalled that an industry has grown around teaching a practice as wholesome and spiritual as yoga, so I decided to create my own free video to help people get started.

When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: 'That must be the hardest job in the world.' Among comedians, only Freddie Starr is not embarrassed and slightly appalled by this remark.

Ten years ago, I still feared loss enough to abandon myself in order to keep things stable. I'd smile when I was sad, pretend to like people who appalled me. What I now know is that losses aren't cataclysmic if they teach the heart and soul their natural cycle of breaking and healing.

I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture.

I was shocked and appalled by the harrowing accounts of the Chechen civilians, ... I listened to testimony of summary executions, intimidation, looting by military personnel, disproportionate use of force, attacks on civilians' convoys, rape and other violations.

On a day-to-day basis, I am appalled at the hazardous materials that just pass by us on the railroad.

Last year we were shocked that so-called Canadian private broadcasters spent four times more on U.S. programming than they did on original Canadian drama. Now we're appalled to learn that in 2005, they spent almost five times more.

Lots of members have been appalled at the kind of Gilded Age mentality of the party. Others felt like they had to take one for the team.

Modelling opened up the world to me. All my friends were bohemian artists and were a little bit appalled when I sold out and did something so bourgeois. I'd say, 'Come on, guys, with what I earn from this job, we can all go to Morocco.'

I am shocked and appalled that such a decision could be taken without his having access to legal counsel of his choosing, his family or his employers.

I am appalled at the complete lack of situational awareness caused by people wearing headphones. If you are completely oblivious to the world around you, you are leaving yourself wide open to many types of criminal attack.

I am appalled at the terrible acts of biological terrorism that have caused death, disease and havoc in this great country starting last fall.

I am appalled by the whole handling of this.

I am appalled quite frankly. Those particular members of the school board are grossly misusing the power granted to them by the voters.

I am appalled that my private conversations were recorded without my consent or knowledge.

Suddenly, people were shocked and appalled by the goings-on of the clergy.

I think any American would be appalled if their private conversations were recorded without their knowledge.

Our first reaction is to be appalled at Yahoo helping to give information that puts dissidents in jail.

I think most of us were a little bit appalled by the kind of settlement that the last director got. We're making sure, for the public's sake, we have these things under control.

I think they were watching the movie 'Patton' when they should have been watching 'The Battle of Algiers' about urban insurgency. I'm a Vietnam-era journalist. I think most journalists were appalled as we moved toward war in Iraq. The worst mistake this administration made was not about weapons of mass destruction. It was the administration's view that we'd be welcomed as the great liberator.

I was appalled and shocked that Bush used the State of the Union to attack same-sex marriages and indicated that he would support a constitutional amendment.

I was appalled at the idea anybody would withdraw funding from such a valuable project. Closing it would bring harm to the whole community, so why do it?

I was appalled by the lack of integrity of the Ohio State basketball program. I feel there's so many special provisions for athletes it makes one question if the degree is worth the paper it's written on.

I was appalled by the lack ofÊintegrity of the Ohio State basketball program. I feel there's so many special provisions for athletes it makes one question if the degree is worth the paper it's written on.

I was appalled that our own state government could so ruthlessly target teenage gamblers and view them as the gambling population of the future.

I was appalled that they would charge me (extra) for my aisle seat.

I was appalled when I heard that the entire program would be cut from Newton North High School. The classes teach every day skills that students need in the real world.

We just couldn't get a stop. I'm just as appalled as you guys.

Messrs. Washington and Lincoln would be appalled and saddened by what their successor, President Obama, and the modern Democratic Party are doing to the nation they dedicated their lives to keep alive.

William Dalrymple called me a war junkie in his silly book. No, I don't have a desire for it. I'm appalled and infuriated by it.

We are rapidly approaching six months from the point where citizens approved the referendum for the third high school. I'm just appalled that we're six months into this and have made this little progress ... Construction costs are going up by the month, day, hour.

When people say 'love to hate', they actually mean 'love to be appalled by' - if they truly hated them, they'd never repeat a catch phrase.

There have been studies that show that African-Americans are under a lot of stress in this country because of racial discrimination. So, we're appalled that grown-ups would use their own racial bias to target a child.

We are appalled at the poor taste behind the decision to present this musical at the site where Jews were enslaved and killed.

We are appalled by these reports and are horrified that thousands of children orphaned by this disaster are vulnerable to exploitation by criminal elements who seek to profit from their misery.

everyone's sphere became their own. If you were on the pile, you were appalled at what you saw in the morgue. If you were in the morgue, you were appalled at what you saw on the pile.

The top story, as always, is America remaining obsessed, fascinated -- appalled -- by what is now being called Dick-Cheney-Shot-a-Guy-in-the-Face-Gate. Not as catchy as others have been ...

We seem to live in an age where we are quietly appalled by the idea of appetites, whether they be for sex, food or diamonds.

FAIR has always had the support of many Hispanic Americans, but given recent events, many people in that community have come to recognize that they need an independent voice in this national debate. Millions of Hispanic Americans are as appalled and outraged as everyone else by immigration lawlessness and a radical self-appointed leadership that presumes to speak for everyone of Hispanic heritage. Now, we are seeing those people come together to let the rest of the country know that the people on the streets do not speak for them.

I've been appalled by how much ragwort there is on roadside verges, I thought it had to be controlled,

A lot of us who live up here are just appalled anybody would think about using the mountains to solve Atlanta's traffic problems.

They (the British) are appalled to hear we have transient parking under a facility like the World Trade Center.

Personally as a law enforcement officer, as an African American, I was appalled and dismayed with the comments -- the garbage and filth I heard coming from Mr. Fuhrman's mouth, ... The message I have to the public and to folks in my department is that I don't think his views reflect the majority of the men and women of our department.

I'm appalled and outraged by the intrusiveness of this questionnaire, ... It is ridiculous for the Census Bureau to ask personal questions that have nothing to do with their constitutional mandate to count the citizens of the United States.

I'm appalled at those kinds of things, I think we all are,

I'm appalled at your inability to work with the community.

I'm a third-generation born San Franciscan, and I'm appalled that you have not only been elected but re-elected by your misguided ultra liberal so-called citizens.

I have no doubt that President George W. Bush - a man, in my experience, of extremely kind and generous instincts, and back in Austin even a rescuer of stray animals - would be appalled by the conditions of a typical American factory farm or packing plant.

I'm kind of appalled that so many things keep recycling that should have been learned long ago.

It's very upsetting to me. I am appalled that the accusation has been made.

I have trouble when different organizations take the time to write judges on whether a decision is in their interest, ... I'm appalled talk show hosts give out the names and addresses of judges.

Everyone in America should be appalled that that many were killed. What's more obscene, me wearing the number, or that there is a number at all? My son is one of those numbers.

Anyone who saw the undercover work of the BUAV would be appalled and sickened to see the procedures we inflict on our next of kin in laboratories across the UK and in Europe,

There isn't a person in this industry who isn't appalled by these events.

We sometimes find ourselves at a loss as to whether we should be more appalled at the Bush Administration's ideological obsession, its incompetence, its arrogance, its anti-intellectualism, or its dishonesty, ... In New Orleans, we see all of these forces at work in a manner that the mainstream media finally finds itself unable to ignore.

The public was appalled by this scourge. Physicians too, von Hutten reported, were so revolted that they would not even touch their patients.

Those responsible must be brought to justice. I will support the police in any action they take to do that and in the meantime I think everybody from unionist communities will be absolutely appalled at the way paramilitary groups are really acting in a gangster type way.

I am not gadgety at all. It's not that I'm appalled by technology, but I've taken my time acquiring any of it.

I am absolutely appalled by what went on and frankly our girls should never have accepted the gold medals.

I believe that as Americans we should all be appalled by this sort of behavior from the senior reaches of this administration,

No. 2 was just being appalled and shocked at the kind of vicious attacks,