Top 200 Alarming Quotes & Sayings

If, in this country, a simple majority of people can start stripping away the rights of a protected class in the minority, that's a pretty alarming thing.

The White House and the president [Donald Trump] himself remains very worrisome, alarming, almost.

There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know nothing about.

The population of the planet is increasing at an alarming rate, and yet each day human beings manage to destroy ten species.

It's alarming how quickly people adjust to adventures when they are in one. You really have to work at being astonished by life.

In recent years, our planet has been warming at an alarming rate and seen record-breaking temperatures. We are now witnessing the sixth mass extinction event in the earth's geologic history. Our sea levels are rising at an alarming rate, threatening our largest cities, like New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.

Americans pay up to 1,000 percent more to fill their prescriptions than consumers in other countries - that is an alarming statistic.

The violence in New Orleans is erupting and it's continuing to grow at an alarming rate.

Chefs don't actually say 'That's a spicy meat-a-ball,' except to indicate that there's a bomb threat in the restaurant without alarming the customers. Terrorism is the spiciest meatball there is.

In school I was painfully shy. But as soon as I had to get up in front of the class and give a book report, it was alarming - I'd suddenly be very articulate.

When we heard that actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, who were also in Australia, had contracted coronavirus, it was alarming.

We Americans are churning through fresh water at an alarming and unsustainable rate.

The earth is warming at an alarming rate, we are running out of fossil fuels, and it is long past time for us to take action to correct these problems.

You simply can't understand the present if you don't understand the past. There is no more alarming case study of the consequences of historical ignorance than President Trump.

Ninety percent of cyber security companies begin in the detection stage. The issue is there are so many applications and alarming messages it is difficult for the user or the administrator to manage.

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.

Startling, and alarming to many, is the conclusion that follows from these data that if all people were treated the same, most average race differences would not disappear.

Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.

It should be alarming to every tax-paying citizen that the government could turn federal settlement funds into fuel for activist groups that exert power and influence over Washington.

The erosion of personal freedom and liberty as a result of federal policy and legislation is alarming.

We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.

There is an alarming increase of violence and harassment against gay people, something that is being legitimized by the regime as they brand homosexuality as something abnormal and dangerous to children.

I think the most alarming animals I have encountered are really poisonous snakes.

Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing.

The male capacity for turning the negative into a compliment is really alarming.

Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armèd men the hum; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum Saying, Come, Freemen, Come! Ere your heritage be wasted, Said the quick alarming drum.

There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a more alarming situation.

In terms of security for wildlife and our society, it's an incredibly alarming situation, and we need to address that.

The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival

Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them.

It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction.

I am also deeply concerned with the widespread, often undiagnosed, incidents of PTSD and the alarming suicide rates amongst our returning soldiers.

Success is doing the best you possibly can with what you've been given. There are an alarming number of wealthy failures in the world today.

As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture.

Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming.

The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.

To the self-righteous, being judged according to deeds does not seem too alarming but to the man who knows himself the thought is terrifying.

The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity.

I'm very new to the industry. I'm not on the Billboard 200 and that is alarming to me. But when I sat down with my management they said it's not a big deal and that it happens all the time.

That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise.

Louisiana's coast is disappearing at an alarming rate, but we cannot ignore the important role the offshore energy industry plays in breathing life into Louisiana's economy.

The thought of having sclerosis of the synapses is alarming. I wonder if in later life I will pay the price for having overstimulated my mental apparatus in my twenties.

I've had an alarming amount of concussions.

So much alarmed that she is quite alarming

We are losing privacy at an alarming rate - we have none left.

If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.

The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.

However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system.

A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago.

Some fearful sights there be that creep By night - I mean that harass sleep; But tenfold more alarming seem these when They brave the day, to breathe the air like men.

I think it's alarming that people believe that success enables one to forget how life felt before. As if one could simply exchange one's values.

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are to tell the truth.

Trump is beset by clear and alarming conflicts between his international business concerns and the national interest.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

We are being wiped off the face of this earth At an extremely alarming rate And even more alarming is the fact That we are not fighting back

(It) could involve the AMA and others in an interstate conspiracy of alarming proportions.

The world that our children will inherit is going to look substantially different, very quickly, than the world we have today. It's alarming.

The most significant and alarming consequence of early maturation is an increased risk for breast cancer in adulthood.

Young Americans are dropping out of religion at an alarming rate of five to six times the historic rate.