Breakdown Quotes

240 quotes by 195 authors

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority. — Hu Shih
When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong -… — Iain Duncan Smith
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 financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high. — Iain Duncan Smith
All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and… — Iain Duncan Smith
By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving… — Iain Duncan Smith
I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty… — Emma Thompson
Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue. — Malcolm Turnbull
What will support any relationship is clear, complete and conscious conversations when upsets or breakdowns occur. — Iyanla Vanzant
The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally… — Kerry Washington
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in… — Juan Williams
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. — Earl Wilson
Then the trembling starts to get worse. This must be how they begin, he thinks. Freak-outs. Breakdowns. Crack-ups. Eventually shut-ins and finally cross-offs. But first… — Ken Kesey
At heart, I have always been a coper, I've mostly been able to walk around with my wounds safely hidden, and I've always stored up… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
To be ill adjusted to a deranged world is not a breakdown. — Jeanette Winterson
Yes, Jenna, I love you with all my heart. And with my atoms and molecules and electrons and whatever further breakdown you require. — Sharon Shinn
Most of you guys can't see the potential in a nervous breakdown. A real collapse. There's more chance of finding yourself in a major depression… — Keith Ablow
I'd have a nervous breakdown except that I've been through this too many times to be nervous. — Peter McWilliams
This is every writer's nightmare--the sudden breakdown of meaning in the language that sustains and supports us... — Dan Simmons
A nervous breakdown waits around the corner for anyone who lets himself wallow in bitterness. Little by little, it takes over your whole being. — Mariama BÃ¢

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