Blighted Quotes

21 quotes by 18 authors

As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations are… — Frederick William Robertson
The principal value of a garden is not understood. It is not to give the possessors vegetables and fruit (that can be better and cheaper… — Charles Dudley Warner
Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating. — Norman Douglas
The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the God of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and in short you are for ever… — Charles Dickens
The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine souls have been… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thus I began my systematic though half-bewildered tour of Innsmouth's narrow, shadow-blighted ways. Crossing the bridge and turning toward the roar of the lower falls,… — H P Lovecraft
The family which takes it mauve and cerise, air conditioned, power-steered, and power braked automobile out for a tour passes through cities that are badly… — John Kenneth Galbraith
For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. — John W. Gardner
I despise the phony, fancy-pants rhetoric of professors aping jargon-filled European locutions - which have blighted academic film criticism for over 30 years. — Camille Paglia
For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and… — Iain Duncan Smith
The passion for revenge should never blind you to the pragmatics of the situation. There are some people who are so blighted by their past,… — Harlan Ellison
How I have tried and tried to be a splendid woman, and how destiny has been against me! ...I do not deserve my lot! ...O,… — Thomas Hardy
Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like… — Thomas Hardy
Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn't it Tess? — Thomas Hardy
The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Three things see no end- A flower blighted ere it bloomed, A message that was wasted, And a journey that was doomed. — Mercedes Lackey
Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men. — Christopher Morley
You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is,… — Jasper Fforde
We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count? — Louise Penny
How do you know it was the blighted pile? Did you recognize Maiwennâ€™s gift?â€ â€œNo, but there was a marble bust of Dorian in there,… — Richelle Mead

Who Wrote These Blighted Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 21 Blighted Quotes as follows: