Famous quotes containing the word threatened:
“[He] didn’t dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“This little upset across the water doesn’t mean anything. Threatened men live long and threatened wars never occur.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)