Appalling Quotations

The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything is genuine and good, and not tawdry and ostentatious.

People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.

I am the world's most appalling martial artist. I am so bad. I've studied jujitsu, kickboxing, t'ai chi. Once, I was sparring with someone, made a mistake, and managed to knock them down. I was so shocked that I dropped to my knees to see if they were all right, and then they knocked me out cold. From the floor.

When I want to render these fine nuances, I do not find them in the subject, but in the nature of women in real life who seek unhealthy emotions and are too stupid even to understand the horror in the most appalling situations.

The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing a book about an appalling situation and he does it in a hilarious way.

Some of the world's most appalling abuses have been justified by religion because it is possible for people to find vindication in their scriptures for any of their prejudices.

The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often terrible, they are not as appalling as they were there.

The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.

A female friend who caught me watching Fashion TV reckons its audience is largely made up of slobbering men who are just taking a break from the appalling Men & Motors channel. I don't agree.

In life, comedy occurs naturally, as it should, in the most appalling of circumstances.

I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name.

I was greatly saddened to hear of the death of a British soldier on duty in Iraq. As always, my thoughts are with the family and the families of those injured in this appalling act of violence.

Mr. Mayor, precisely because city anti-hunger programs are so inadequate, large numbers of New Yorkers, including an appalling number of children, do go hungry.

Unless this whole intolerable system is changed radically and rapidly, disaster must follow and appalling bloodshed and civil war become inevitable.

I find it appalling from an ethical and moral vantage point that you can actually profit from stealing from the treasury. There should be an incentive to return the money.

I find it appalling that legislators would wish to gag employers so that they will not communicate with employees regarding public policies and civic issues, when we know employees would very much want to know what employers think about issues.

I find it quite appalling that the ACLU is actively supporting this. I think this is precisely the kind of legislation we should be opposing, not supporting.

What do you do, for instance, if the peace you are trying to keep breaks down and large numbers of civilians are in danger of being massacred? I said we must all do our utmost not to allow such horrors, and especially such appalling failures by the United Nations, ever to happen again.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

It is clear that bird flu will bring appalling statistics to the economies. The epidemic must not be allowed to evolve into a pandemic, this is the most important thing.

It is appalling the way they deliberately set out to mislead smokers about the toxins in tobacco smoke knowing full well these machine measurements do not reflect how people smoke and therefore how much carbon monoxide and other toxins they are inhaling. We need a major overhaul of the system for measuring toxins in tobacco smoke.

Year after year their hearts and homes have opened to those bereaved who came here in sad pilgrimage. Out of such humanity we see the power love has to transcend even the most appalling evil,

We are aware that these crimes, though awful, pale in comparison to the crimes the regime is still perpetrating against the Iraqi people. Many of the hostages were subjected to appalling suffering, physical abuse and mental torture.

We do think the appalling economic circumstances in the West Bank and Gaza, that the economic blockade by Israel, that the non-payment of revenues by Israel to the Palestinian Authority, that these things make the security situation worse,

When a character does something appalling but you still want to root for them, I find that the most exciting challenge to play, if you can pull it off. You're not supposed to like it, but you can't help it.

We have to get used to this because it seems that human rights activists and dissidents are not well liked by governments, especially those that maintain their nation's human rights in the appalling situation that Cuba does.

Complying with this legislation is costly for our business so to find out that a government funded-body is encouraging companies to ignore the law is appalling and puts us at a significant disadvantage to those companies simply because we are law abiding.

TV drama - not always, but on the whole - were pretty appalling and very secondary, too. No one expected it to be like watching a movie; that was the point. But I think when you start watching 'Vikings,' it is like watching a movie - you're taken somewhere else.

Every householder's nightmare became a reality for the Monckton family. What followed was an appalling episode of violence.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

It would be completely inappropriate in view of this appalling tragedy,

What can you say about last night? It was appalling and we, the board, are as gutted as everybody else.

This situation is appalling and outrageous and we hold accountable everyone who has contributed to this blatant disregard for health, safety and property and the severe damage done,

Few words could adequately describe the appalling nature of the tactics used against these citizens,

A young Scotsman of your ability let loose upon the world with 300 pounds, what could he not do? It's almost appalling to think of; especially if he went among the English

Although the relevant authorities are investigating this appalling crime, it bears all the hallmarks of leftover supporters of Saddam Hussein's evil regime.

Ten years after Dayton, that these two primary architects of these appalling crimes should still be free is a failure on all sides.

I've always been absolutely appalling about the future, but I sort of think that was my childhood religion. We were future deniers. You did your best in the present, which was all around you.

This is part of the church hierarchy's calculated and frankly, evil campaign to scapegoat gay people for the decades of appalling sex abuse of children and young people that it alone created, nurtured, and covered up, ... abject, willful negligence of the hierarchy.

This is an absolutely appalling plan. They can't be serious.

This is appalling that the National Cancer Institute did not make this available as soon as possible. It's been too long sitting on this.

This is an odious and appalling attack on ordinary people,

In general, I'm opposed to any industrialization of Long Island Sound, ... It's appalling to think of plunking something so large out there. We enjoy watching the tankers and freighters go by from where I live, but I don't think anybody's going to appreciate something that big sitting out there on a permanent basis.

In some ways, it shows how successfully the extremists have been blocked from other forms of illegal activity, but violent attacks on individuals is an appalling way of trying to frighten people from carrying out their legitimate business of helping research and develop new medicines.

I've had my run-ins with department stores, like Harrods, which stopped selling fur coats, but I found some there with fur trim, which is just as disgusting. Foie gras production is appalling - there's no excuse for selling it.

I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.

I guess it would be difficult, given the appalling state of Internet privacy, for the FTC to again recommend against federal privacy law,

I just think that makes it more appalling in that Lincoln stood for ... equality for all,

How can Charles Clarke possibly remain in his job if his department's negligence has led to such appalling crimes?

They are waiting to get more of our people. The way they attacked, with no care for humanity, is appalling and must not be left without a fight.

It was appalling that all this money was being spent in the area on new developments and to encourage tourism, and yet this issue was allowed to drag on.

Any resumption of fighting against the backdrop of the appalling and deteriorating humanitarian situation and the continuing displacement of people would be extremely bad news.

The foreign minister's personal relationship with the prime minister of East Timor is at an appalling low.

The idea that our longtime U2 fans and scalpers competed for U2 tickets through our own Web site is appalling to me, ... I want to apologize to you who have suffered that.

The First World War was a horror of gas, industrialised slaughter, fear, and appalling human suffering.

The union's actions today shows that it thinks nothing of using distorted facts and fear tactics to achieve its goal of converting our loyal employees into dues-paying members of its struggling organization. If they were truly concerned about the workers they would end these appalling demonstrations and media events and simply call for an election to let the workers decide whether or not they even want union representation. Why are they so afraid of Democracy?

The events of the last 24 hours are appalling and intolerable. The violent intervention of police and the targeting of journalists during peaceful protests is totally unacceptable.

Force-feeding birds to have livers up to 10 times their size is appalling and most citizens are shocked to learn this.

It is unacceptable that people who are able to pay a people-smuggler and make their way through several countries where they may avail themselves of protection, are getting a more favorable outcome than people languishing in the most appalling circumstances in refugee camps around the world,

That is appalling to me because we all need help no matter what the situation. That driver should not have left the scene. They should have turned around and assisted in the helping of that young victim.

There was a strange silence from him for a while, ... But that's rather nice. You need to have some objectivity sometimes. I have to be right for something, otherwise it would be appalling if I just got a part because I'm sleeping with the director.

The public must remain vigilant, we must continue to take care to deal with these kinds of appalling threats to our safety and security.

We think it's appalling that an animal like this, a social animal, should be kept alone in a dark barn for 10 months. That's virtually half of its life, and that's no way to treat an animal.

This week the Executive had the opportunity to clamp down on this appalling situation but once again it failed to seize the opportunity. It is the citizens of Scotland that will suffer.

It's appalling and I think he managed to bully his way in.

It's appalling how much money raised at some charity events gets wasted on paying personnel and admin staff.

It's appalling -- it's really astounding. Only 31 percent of college graduates can read a complex book and extrapolate from it. That's not saying much for the remainder.

It's appalling that Nissan, V.W. and Hyundai are accelerating in reverse.

It's appalling that the police department can enter into a contract that goes against the Constitution.

It's appalling that the tobacco industry is not held responsible for the deadly products it continues to market and sell to young people. Clearly, the industry is trying to get young people hooked on smoking and nothing is being done to limit this targeted marketing. Cigarettes, even in assorted candy flavors, cause lung cancer and lung disease and should be banned for the sake of our children.

It's appalling that the US military killed these women's families and then the US government rejects their visas on the grounds that they have no family to return to in Iraq. These women have no desire to stay in the United States. We had a very hard time convincing them to come, but we told them how important it would be for their stories to be heard by Americans.

The remarks by Alec Reid are appalling and reveal a mindset which could be portrayed as deeply bigoted and fundamentally racist,

This kid has had a tough time his whole life and this only made things worse. I think the conduct of the Juvenile Department of Corrections in this case was absolutely appalling at every step of the process.

He adamantly denies any involvement in the recent appalling tragedies,

He adamantly denies any involvement in the recent appalling tragedies and he is confident that he will be absolved of all involvement,