- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Appalled Quotes
On outrage, disbelief, and strong reactions.
These appalled quotes cover strong reactions to media portrayals and to the risks of an unresolved immigration debate, voiced from a place of firsthand experience. See our Being quotes for related reflection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had now been in the United States of America something like five years, working here and there as the inclination seized me, which, I must confess, was not often. I was certainly getting some enjoyment out of life, but now and then the waste of time appalled me, for I still have a conviction that I was born to a different life.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fred Rogers was a children's-TV host, but he was not Captain Kangaroo or Officer Joe Bolton. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister who was so appalled by what he saw on 1950s television--adults trying to entertain children by throwing pies in each other's faces - that he joined the medium as a reformer.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I am just as appalled that my experience, knowledge, dedication and service relative to defending the United States against biological warfare has been turned against me in connection with the search for the anthrax killer.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am both stunned and appalled that Pat Robertson would claim to know the mind of God concerning whether particular events... were the judgments of God.
- My Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
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
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a rule, whenever I hear about a demographic threat, it comes first of all from a type of thinking that says the Arabs are a threat. And this leads to thinking of transfer or that they should be killed. I am appalled by this kind of talk.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am appalled by Le Pen's anti-Semitic past and feelings. A man who says the Holocaust is no more than a footnote in history is beyond my comprehension.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Grave
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad looked like Errol Flynn, and I think my mom thought she was moving into a hacienda, but they lived on a dirt street in Tijuana, a house jammed with relatives, nobody speaking English. She didn't know a word of Spanish. She grew up well and was appalled and humiliated, terrified of anyone ethnic.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm appalled that when I talk about the neo-conservatives it's somehow twisted, some sort of a racist comment.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's egregious that CPAC and Matt Schlapp have decided to bow to the leftist outrage mob and ban one of President Trump's most prominent supporters. I am extremely offended and appalled that I've been banned by my own people.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020