Break Quotes · Page 76

The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.

— Herbert Marcuse

The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.

— Irving Stone

Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Let there be no illusions. The Communion is broken and fragmented. The Communion will break.

— Peter Akinola

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.

— Lou Gehrig

Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

— Ihab Hassan

Our tunes aren't just sing-along tunes: they're very complex. After a few days of that, you gotta take a break.

— Dickey Betts

You've been here before, you already know how it goes, you chose this, you know, it's supposed to be over

— Dessa Darling

A Buddhist is working not just to get paid, but working to advance spiritually. You shouldn't create a syntactical break in your…

— Frederick Lenz

Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that…

— Brené Brown

“When the police willfully break the law on video and then deny the event in writing, you know that you are dealing…

— Steven Magee

It is only by questioning what people take for granted, what people hold to be true, that we can break through the…

— Deepak Chopra

I don't break the law* made for crooks, when I take away my own property - thus I am not obliged to…

— Michel de Montaigne

I guess when we're happy, it's easier to go with the flow, and when that happiness or joy is interrupted, that's when…

— Jeremy Fisher

Not only the attackers, but the defenders - it's on the attackers to prepare themselves to break through the strong defense.

— Neymar

AMPLE make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight,…

— Emily Dickinson

One of my pet peeves is that when people are in their automobiles, I think they're exceptionally rude on the road. I…

— Chris Carmack

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think…

— Duke Snider

Mew," the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the…

— Scott Lynch

I love you, Olivia," he whispered, and my heart ached as if it would break in half. "You think we'll die if…

— Rachel Vincent

You are free when you gain back yourself,” Madame Wu said. “You can be as free within these walls as you could…

— Pearl S. Buck

This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

So, you wouldn't marry me." "Ridiculous question. I'm eighteen!" "Oh, it's an age thing?" He frowned. "You don't mean wild oats, do…

— Laini Taylor

We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful,…

— Pema Chodron

I don't go for very handsome men. Like they say in England, toy boys break too easily.

— Eartha Kitt

The mercy of God is an all-embracing mercy and it breaks down the barriers that man erects.

— Alistair Begg

Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.

— Clare Balding

Every man harbors an inner female territory ruled by his mother, from whom he can never entirely break free.

— Camille Paglia

The best therapy is actually the more aggressive kind when they break you open; they unleash you.

— Cara Delevingne

I don't talk about who I'm dating because when you break up, you wind up reliving it in the media.

— Bridget Fonda

Well, we in America are about to break up with oil. Why not break up with poverty and discrimination too?

— Van Jones

Because we have put ourselves in our own zoo, we find it difficult to break out.

— Edward T. Hall

We have to break the cycle of structural racism, and build a truly just society for all of us.

— Jamaal Bowman

All significant breakthroughs are break -“withs” old ways of thinking.

— Thomas Kuhn

Teachers literally break down at the thought that if their students have a bad a test day, their job is on the…

— Raheem Jarbo

At a time of immense pressure on public finances, every tax break has to be carefully considered and fully justified.

— Rachel Reeves

Free verse is chained in sentence-to-sentence links and breaks free in line breaks.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?

— James Lee Burke

I had a psychotic break that was brought on by alcohol and drug abuse.

— Scott Stapp

I bet it's hard to break farmers of the old superstitions like "Tornado got Old Yeller, stay in the cellar."

— Jack Handey