Harsh Quotations | Page 4

I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do.

And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast,And been bow'd to the earth by its fury;To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'dWere as harsh as a prejudiced jury -Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime,The regrets of remembrance to cozen,And having obtained a New Trial of Time,Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.

They confront us and deal with us in a very harsh and illegal language, but ultimately they need us more than we need them.

Harsh treatment adds nothing and undermines your authority. It doesn't make the guys work harder. People don't perform well in a state of fear or active tension.

Hariri received many threats. Assad told me he had delivered some very, very harsh words to Hariri ... something like 'I will crush anyone who tries to disobey us'.

This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the arts are - not just to those of us who work at it, but to the nation as a whole.

Europe has been affected by harsh weather conditions.

Even if it wasn't an overt lyrical influence, it definitely fueled some of the tone of the record, and some of the feel of it. Even the title itself could be somewhat linked in a way. There's a song off the sessions that's not on the record, but it's called 'All This Fresh Mutiny.' It's kind of a harsh title, but at the same time it was very much inspired and influenced by what I kept seeing before my eyes on TV. It's impossible for me not to be affected by that.

It's a harsh reality for Congress, one of its worst-ever moments in modern Brazil.

Why were we put here, so inclined to love, when end of our story = death? That harsh. That cruel. Do not like.