Stewart Lee

You get annoyed about things in real life, and then the tragic thing is that while you are moaning on the awful injustice and suffering of something, something grimly comic will then strike you about it, like a parasite feeding off the misery of the world.

English Comedian

Allen Iverson

My friend... used to tease me about a tattoo I had right here, but it was so big, and what he was teasing me about - he said it looked like a flying monkey. It's supposed to have been a grim reaper holding a ball. But it did look like a monkey.

American Athlete

Marilyn Monroe

When I was five, I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn't like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.

American Actress

H. P. Lovecraft

The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe.

American Novelist

Neena Gupta

I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even in the grimmest situation, I see hope.

Indian Actress

Danielle Colby

When everything else is looking so grim and the world is changing so fast that it's scary, one thing that remains consistent is kindness.

American Celebrity

Christopher Lee

We don't live in a particularly attractive world. I don't really remember, except as a small boy, anything but a pretty grim world.

English Actor

Del Close

It's a grim business, this being funny. Every time you come up with a strong, satiric idea, the world tops it.

American Actor

Madeleine Albright

Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.

American Statesman

Graham Norton

My life could have been so grim... really, really grim.

Irish Celebrity

Often paired with descriptions of facial expressions to convey serious displeasure or concern.

Facial Expressions

Indicates an outcome that is not favorable or happy, with potential negative consequences.

Serious Outcome

Used to describe places or scenes that have an unwelcoming or gloomy appearance.

Unwelcoming Atmosphere

Suggests a lack of care or maintenance when describing objects or places.

Hint of Neglect

Highlights the emotional reaction to difficult or frightening information or events.

Emotional Impact

Evokes feelings of concern, signaling to the listener that the situation is serious.

Fear or Worry

Describes a person's strong will or determination, often in the face of adversity.

Determined Mindset

Stresses effort and endurance, especially during challenging times or tasks.

Perseverance

 because each of these systems is educational. That's what I'm hopeful about, about even this really grim stuff, that if you can take it and look at it properly, it's actually in itself a piece of education that allows you to start seeing how complex systems come together and work and maybe be able to apply that knowledge elsewhere in the world. James, it's such an important discussion,

The nightmare videos of...

 It will inject this enzyme deep into the the body, Which will sort of digest it for it and turn it into a liquid soup. And then it has this tube structure thing called a proboscis, which it uses to suck out all that liquid soup. Pretty grim for the barnacles and mussels, but quite a cool little animal.

Finding Baby Seals on an...

 And to be fair, I was desperate for interest and help, and I began to tell him about my strange commentator. And I always wish, at this point, the voice had said, "She is digging her own grave." I was referred to a psychiatrist, who likewise took a grim view of the voice's presence,

The voices in my head PIPE...

 and expel digestive waste before dying and leaving their remains to decay. All that death sounds grim, right? But it's not. All detritus is ultimately consumed by microbes and other scavengers, so it actually forms the base of the brown food chain that supports many other organisms,

Dead stuff: The secret...

 It's pretty grim, not the sort of thing you can show on any screen. The baboon slowly ate the baby alive as it bleated for its mother, and that's the image and memory I have. In the space of maybe 5 minutes I witness the full, gruesome circle of life.

Fatal Encounter with...

 which change their sound from words word depending on where they are in the way it's absolutely ridiculous anyway moving swiftly on now as someone who spent twenty to twenty five years of their professional life in rather grim

Learning a new language...

 and found artists struggling to find meaning in devastation. The absurdists deconstructed plot, character and language to question their meaning and share their profound uncertainty on stage. While this may sound grim,

Why should you read...

 Which was the right thing to do, as it turns out. Even though their actual explanations, their myths, were largely false. Some tried to explain the grimness and monotony of their world

After billions of years...

 life was very grim but when you looked at the propaganda posters on the walls that depicted the glorious future you were there you looked at the posters which showed

Yuval Noah Harari...

 but how much longer can they keep up? What would a post-sperm world look like? Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking. Things are grim.

Grim