Breaking Down Quotes

279 quotes by 258 authors

The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the… — Terry Pratchett
Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now. — Brian Selznick
No reflection was to be allowed now, not one glance was to be cast back; not even one forward. Not one thought was to be… — Charlotte Bronte
I feel like an inadequate machine, a machine that breaks down at crucial moments, grinds to a dreadful hault, 'won't go,' or, even worse, explodes… — May Sarton
When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down. — Barbara Tuchman
Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead,… — Jodi Picoult
Stories set in the Culture in which Things Went Wrong tended to start with humans losing or forgetting or deliberately leaving behind their terminal. It… — Iain Banks
At moments when life is at its worst there are two things you can do: 1.) break down,lose hope and refuse to go on while… — Cecelia Ahern
Human love, human trust, are always perilous, because they break down. The greater the love, the greater the trust, and the greater the peril, the… — D. H. Lawrence
once you laugh at you own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill… — Goldie Hawn
Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with… — Rebecca Solnit
There was an air of indifference about them, a calm produced by the gratification of every passion; and through their manners were suave, one could… — Gustave Flaubert
Comedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from the ugliness of this world. — Goldie Hawn
The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my… — Muhammad Yunus
Beauty is the enemy . We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It's a battle that can't be won. There's no definition… — Miley Cyrus
Trust me. A storm is brewing inside this cool cat now. She'll gradually break down and you'll see what's behind the clouds. — Mahbod Seraji
Well, I would throw myself under the nearest bus, but considering my luck today, Iâ€™m sure it would break down less than a millimeter from… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Breaking down that wall is the kind of story that might have a happy middle - oh, look, we broke down this wall, I'm going… — John Green
If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would… — Charles Darwin

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