A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt

I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.

Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson

When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez

I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade.

Alex North
Alex North

Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions.

Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller

I adore my family. I don't love their politics. I think they're wonderful parents. They were dreadful at parenting.

Alexis Denisof
Alexis Denisof

The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments.

Ali MacGraw
Ali MacGraw

My parents made no money whatsoever, but they really knew how to see, as artists. So a big adventure might be, on a hot, dreadful day with no place to go, to go out and draw our chickens with pastels. My parents gave me a sense of wonder.

Alice Morse Earle
Alice Morse Earle

The men in those old days of the seventeenth century, when in constant dread of attacks by Indians, always rose when the services were ended and left the house before the women and children, thus making sure the safe exit of the latter.

Alison Jackson
Alison Jackson

Because Bin Laden's culture doesn't permit the worship of images, they understand how powerful images are. We wouldn't have thought of creating a visual bomb. In a way, he's chopped down two iconic buildings, and used our very truth imagery, to express himself. It's fascinating... I mean, dreadful.

Chris Geere
Chris Geere

Auditions are so much fun. A lot of people dread auditions; they think they have to do it in order to get the job. I don't really mind if I don't get the job, as long as I get to do something interesting in the audition. It makes me feel more creative as a person.