- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even Worse Quotes
When things get harder before they get better.
These even worse quotes look at moments when things get harder, from dangerous journalism assignments to the difficult decisions governments face under pressure. See Difficult quotes for related lines.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our actions to overthrow secular dictators in Iraq and Libya, and attempts now to do the same in Syria, have resulted in tremendous loss of life, failed nations, and even worse humanitarian crises while strengthening the very terrorist organizations that have declared war on America.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are journalists who are drawn to the most extroverted, aggressive jobs because they get an ego high from it. It can be shocking to encounter them and even worse to work with them.
- Difficult Decisions
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- Nov 07, 2020
We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
A bad peace is even worse than war.
- Difficult Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's going to be the most difficult thing to do, to leave the stage. But if you have no lucidity about it, it's even worse because you don't see the negative side of you still being onstage.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sleeping with your phone in your bedroom is never a good idea, but it's even worse when you're bullied online because it's too tempting to stay up all night trying to 'fix' the situation - which isn't possible anyway.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not anti-fox hunting because, to me, shooting foxes is even worse and the results are horrendous.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing easy about building a company at all. I find it really hard, just painful and difficult, and if you are successful, it's even worse than if you fail.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
These days, my subjects are murder and mayhem and other terrible things that happen to people - things that are even worse than cutting yourself shaving. And these are not the sorts of things you feel the need to experience before you write about them.
- Escort
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a schoolteacher. That's even worse than being an intellectual. Schoolteachers are not only comic, they're often cold and hungry in this richest land on earth.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brandeis is so fast and loose and informal, I didn't have any problem offering a history course as a biologist. The barriers would be far more formidable, unscalable, at other institutions. But this is a user-friendly place. It's 'Shmedrik University' - that's a Yiddish word for even worse than schlemiel.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is greater income inequality in the United States than in any other industrialized country. Yes, the debt is a problem that must be dealt with. To me, however, the disappearing middle class is even worse - bad for our economy and really bad for our democracy.
- Economic Security
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- Nov 07, 2020