Breakdown Quotes

240 quotes by 195 authors

Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morbid derangement of the true functions of power. The derangement brings about the enfeeblement, verging on… — Walter Lippmann
To transform breakdowns into breakthroughs is the whole function of a master. — Rajneesh
Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of life into a… — Joan Halifax
Effort and pain may not be avoided. Physical and psychological breakdowns occur. The support of a like-minded group, dedicated to The Art of Suffering, provides… — Mark Twight
Every major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough. — John C. Maxwell
Consider that all accomplishment is constituted by a series of resolved breakdowns. — Werner Erhard
Going back to Ireland involves at least six to seven emotional breakdowns for me per day. — Anjelica Huston
Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every director will have a… — Peter Mullan
I hated Hollywood. Itâ€™s a town without pity. Only success counts. I know of no other place in the world where so many people suffer… — Grace Kelly
Wherever you find marital failure, you will find a breakdown in real communication. Wherever you find marital success, you will find a good communication system. — Wayne Mack
Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order.… — Kamisese Mara
Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I suppose… — Michael Frayn
One stifling summer afternoon last August, in the attic of a tiny stone house in Pennsylvania, I made a most interesting discovery: the shortest, cheapest… — S. J. Perelman
You're heading for a breakdown. Why don't you pull yourself to pieces — Groucho Marx
I lay there for three whole days, totally paralyzed. My friends helped me to the bathroom and anywhere else I needed to move; but I… — Diet Eman
Then I felt that every inflection of my voice, every word in my mouth, was a lie, a play whose sole purpose was to cover… — Ingmar Bergman
I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person and I just find it frustrating that people think that… — Kate Bush
Is to throw together events from my own life, fictionalizing to add colorâ€”itâ€™s a pot boiler really, but I think it will show how isolated… — Sylvia Plath
Embedded in this outlook is an idea of the body as a machine, so that illness is seen as a breakdown of the machine, healing… — Russell Shorto
Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably arenâ€™t having a full-on nervous breakdown â€“ you just need a cup of tea and… — Caitlin Moran

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