Bad News Quotes
The willingness to hear hard truth is vital not only for CEOs of big corporations but also for anyone who loves the truth. Sometimes the truth sounds like bad news, but it is just what we need.
Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.
I had a friend say to me the other day, I hate when I see Jonathan Metzl on your show because I know it's bad news. I know that there has been a shooting.
One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.
Certainly it constitutes bad news if the people who agree with you are buggier than batshit.
There is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair.
The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all are.
Bad news, it's going to be a huge environmental disaster, the oil rig down there in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is they think now that the oil spill will be diluted by the melting ice caps.
Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops.
Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.
We have defeated Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The good news is Iraq is ours, and the bad news is Iraq is ours.
The good news is your surgery was a success and now you look like a movie star! The bad news is that movie star is Drew Carey!
The only thing I know about Moses is him coming down from the mountain with the commandments and saying 'The good news is I got him down to 10. The bad news is adultery is still in.
I quit because I'm so tired of hearing bad news about cigarettes... Even if they discover good news, they don't publicize it - like the fact that smoking seriously reduces the risk of jogging.
It is funny, I don't feel old enough to give advice... But with the advisers you trust, you better listen to them. It may be bad news but that's the only way you're going to improve.
The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.
The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.
More bad news for the Taliban. Remember how they are promised 72 virgins when they die? Turns out that it's only one 72-year-old virgin.
The good news is we had this idea of cloud computing. The bad news is we were 10 years too early.
We cannot truly plan, because we do not understand the future-but this is not necessarily a bad news. We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.
When you're expecting bad news you have to be prepared for it a long time ahead so that when the telegram comes you can already pronounce the syllables in your mouth before opening it.
You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.
The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'.
The good news doesn't make any sense unless you know what the bad news is first, and the bad news goes pretty deep.
Bad news has no limits. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can't possibly get any heavier. But a storm can always worsen, & the burdens of life can too.
The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.
If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation
The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.
Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's judgement.
The bad news is we don't have any control. The good news is we can't make any mistakes.
Okay, I'm guessing you're gonna give us the bad news first because there's no good news?
Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. All you have to do is open a newspaper on any given day to weigh the good news versus the bad news, and you'll see what I mean.
The good news is, President Obama was born in America. The bad news is, so was Donald Trump.
