“There are worse things than being mad.”
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American writer 1922–1969Related quotes
“There are worse things in life than being called a lady.”
A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.”
Variant: If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt.”
Source: Postcards from the Edge
“The only thing worse in politics than being wrong is being boring, as Dick Nixon would say.”
As quoted by Matt Labash, "Debriefing Mike Murphy" https://www.weeklystandard.com/matt-labash/debriefing-mike-murphy (18 March 2016) The Weekly Standard.
“There are worse things than being fat, and one of them is worrying about it all the time.”
But I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World! The pleasures and perils of an unseasoned traveler (1973)