“Charity is detrimental unless it helps the recipient become independent of it.” — David Thorne Copy Share Image
Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large. — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
As an incarnation of love you put up with flack until it becomes detrimental to a person. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Major fluctuations in weight gain and loss are detrimental to your health and embarrassing to explain to your friends and family. — Linda Sunshine Copy Share Image
I'm an emotional fighter; that's no secret. But it can be detrimental. — Michael Bisping Copy Share Image
There are any number of things that would be detrimental to your career. Everyone's really afraid. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
In the long run the ideas of the majority, however detrimental they may be, will carry on. The future of mankind depends… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
It is open to question whether the highly individualized characters we find in Shakespeare are perhaps not detrimental to the dramatic effect.… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I am thoroughly satisfied that smoking is detrimental to the intelligence of Australians who I notice now are beginning to look sickly,… — King O'Malley Copy Share Image
Religion has ever been anti-human, anti-woman, anti-life, anti-peace, anti-reason and anti-science. The god idea has been detrimental not only to humankind but… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A… — Yoshihiko Noda Copy Share Image
Implementing parts of European constitution and leaving out others - without knowing where we're going - isn't an option. That would be… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
My duty as a member of the Council of the Twelve is to protect what is most unique about the LDS church,… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation,… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
I've never really felt that being part of a literary community is all that important. It can be extremely detrimental to a… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I think you have to embrace being a role model because you are in the public eye, and whether you like it… — Amanda Bynes Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the writing, you know, I write is just kind of like that where, you know. I write… — Jeremy Camp Copy Share Image
Man demands truth and fulfills this demand in moral intercourse with other men; this is the basis of all social life. One… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The Affordable Care Act is a huge problem. [Repealing the ACA is] going to have huge implications. We have millennials that live… — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
We're dealing with music that is being played by traditional instruments in a specifically built building called a concert hall. But classical… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity. — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
The fear habit is very detrimental because you attract the things you fear. If we have any fear we need to get… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The mixing of politics and business not only is detrimental to politics, as is frequently observed, but even much more so to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A man's attempt to solve his own problem but it is always detrimental. — Spongbob Opeke Copy Share Image
It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it. — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image