Ok," he said, "I don't like to disturb you at what I know must be a difficult and distressing time for you, but I need to know first of all if you actually realize that this is a difficult and distressing time for you.
The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.
In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out.
There are always moments when one feels empty and estranged.? Such moments are most desirable, ?for it means the soul has cast its moorings and is sailing for distant places. ?This is detachment -- ?when the old is over and the new has not yet come. ?If you are afraid, the state may be distressing, ?but there is really nothing to be afraid of. ?Remember the instruction: ?Whatever you come across -- go beyond.
The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
I think it's very pretty. Can it be pretty if no one thinks it's pretty? I think it's pretty. If you're the only one? That's pretty pretty. And what about the boys? Don't you want them to think you're pretty? I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.
We get so worried about being pretty. Let’s be pretty kind. Pretty funny. Pretty smart. Pretty strong.
Some want to do pretty songs with pretty words about pretty people, but that ain't me.
Sometimes punching a bag for half an hour was pretty cathartic and pretty necessary.
When I was younger, I could be pretty bitter. I still have moments, but I think I've gotten pretty good at rejection.
It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself.
Unfortunately, I'm an engineer. I'm always thinking about, what's the task and how do I get it done? And some of my tasks are pretty broad, and pretty fuzzy, and pretty funky, but that's the way I think.
[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.
Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail.
The sheer number of paintings of unconscious women is distressing.
The day on which I received confirmation was a distressing one to me.