Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children. Charles Stross
You can't learn to write in college. It's a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do - and they don't. They have prejudices. Ray Bradbury
If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you're in a good place and you're in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse. Salma Hayek
The world is a bad place. There are many wonderful people, but on the whole, humanity basically stinks. Dennis Prager
I've had to write in a different way because I'm not in a bad place and I'm not heartbroken, so there's no one I want revenge on. Boy George
Your own bad place is far better than your companion's place. Swahili Proverb