Dreaded Quotes

After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded. - Ethel Waters

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you, but once it has come upon you, try to get rid of it without hesitation. - Chanakya

A minute later the bailiff and four of his men rode past him on their journey back to Southampton, the other two having been chosen as grave-diggers. As they passed Alleyne saw that one of the men was wiping his sword-blade upon the mane of his horse. A deadly sickness came over him at the sight, and sitting down by the wayside he burst out weeping, with his nerves all in a jangle. It was a terrible world thought he, and it was hard to know which were the most to be dreaded, the knaves or the men of the law. - Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.

A lot of people have asked about my year, so I've had to reflect;What really has happened here? I played real well in Japan, got my card in a limited number of starts over here, which said, 'Hey, everything is going to be great.' Then I did the dreaded, 'Hey, I'm going to change my swing.' To be honest, I absolutely struggled for three years there. I didn't wake up even wanting to play golf. I finally decided that what I was doing before was pretty good. It took awhile to get back to that. - Brandt Jobe

[That's why a tax-reform commission appointed by President Bush is looking for a way to repeal the dreaded tax. Yet the panel, which is due to complete its work Nov. 1, is coming to grips with a much tougher question: In an era of already-big federal budget deficits, how will it make up the money the Treasury will lose if the AMT is repealed.] We have a concept of where we want to go, ... We just don't have the details. - John Breaux

[Financier Kirk Kerkorian's hefty investment in General Motors may make him an ally of the CEO instead of a dreaded corporate raider, as the company pushes for unpleasant changes such as forcing unionized employees to pay for more of their medical care and breaking down internal fiefdoms.] It's external ammunition for the changes GM has to make but that others have resisted, ... The Kerkorian bid could be a very good thing for the company. - David Garvin