Jim Nantz

My father was very athletic. He was a life-of-the-party kind of guy - walked into the room and there was a presence about him. He was a great storyteller, just a terrific sense of humor. Having said that, he never put all of those talents or abilities into some public arena. He was never interviewed, never on television. His family was everything.

American Entertainer

Jon Meacham

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.

American Editor

Anthony Hopkins

Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.

Welsh Actor

Judith Durham

It's a terrific responsibility trying to look right. There is so much to think about - clothes, makeup, hair. You have to look right for your fans.

Australian Musician

Joe Morton

If you live a good life, that seems to be what really matters. If there is something afterwards, terrific. If not, you haven't lost anything.

American Actor

Erik Spoelstra

It is terrific to be involved with changing people's perceptions, and the world is changing.

American Coach

Helen Garner

It's a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else's life.

Australian Novelist

Roy Cooper

North Carolina is a terrific place to live, work, and raise a family.

American Politician

J. D. Salinger

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

American Novelist

Ernie Harwell

American Celebrity

Use 'terrific' for expressing a high level of approval or enthusiasm.

Positive Impression

'Terrific' is often used informally to praise someone's actions or creations.

Informal Praise

When sincerity is important, saying 'terrific' can emphasize genuine pleasure or satisfaction.

Genuine Enthusiasm

The scary meaning of 'terrific' is more common in older literature or poetic expressions.

Literary Usage

Understand the context to avoid confusion, as 'terrific' can mean both good and frightening.

Context-Dependent

When highlighting the magnitude of something, 'terrific' suggests it is impressive or notable.

Impressive Scale

'Terrific' can be used to emphasize the intensity or force of a quality or phenomenon.

Intensity Emphasis

Even in modern usage, 'terrific' can imply something positive or negative, depending on context.

Positive or Negative

 that would go on for hours and hours, until dawn. They were always magnificent, because the dancers were professionals and they were terrific, right? But every once in a while, very rarely, something would happen, and one of these performers would actually become transcendent.

Your elusive creative...

 defend against the patriarchy but they are not necessarily showing boys how they're supposed to defend against the patriarchy there's no models for them and we also have some terrific women who are writing new stories for our kids and as three-dimensional and delightful as

How movies teach manhood...

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 the emotions -- the unconscious at times -- and of course the aesthetic. Science tends to look at the world through the rational, the quantitative -- things that can be measured and described -- but it gives art a terrific context of understanding.

James Balog: Time-lapse...

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How can education foster...

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Children of U.S. Civil...

 that my teams love working for me, I've taken every management course that I can here, I am working with a terrific mentor, and yet I've been passed over twice for advancement opportunities,

The career advice you...

 Her films exemplified her natural ability to gather people together. She was also a terrific public speaker, talking with children and adults of all ages all over the world.

The journey through loss...

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