Breaking Down Quotes

279 quotes by 258 authors

Love makes us similar, it creates equality, it breaks down walls and eliminates distances. God did this with us. — Pope Francis
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. — Nelson Mandela
Love is the victor in every case. Love breaks down the iron bars of thought, and sets the captive free. — Ernest Holmes
When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. — Elizabeth Lesser
Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of… — Norman Jewison
Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off… — Mike Gordon
As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them. — Aaron Swartz
At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence is… — Walter Kirn
We cannot expect to be in control of the circumstances in our lives when we cannot control our minds for five minutes. Meditation is the… — Iyanla Vanzant
When the finely tuned balance among the different parts of bodies breaks down, the individual creature can die. A cancerous tumor, for example, is born… — Neil Shubin
I think the Internet's been a tremendous tool in terms of breaking down the power structure of information and entertainment, particularly at a time when… — Dave Foley
One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods. — Robert Benchley
Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down. — Daniel Dennett
Communication is like the basics of mechanical engineering, the more moving parts you have the more likely it is to break down! — Garrison Wynn
Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself — Yasmin Mogahed
Writing is not magic. Itâ€™s a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even in a good… — Roy Peter Clark
Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers… — W. Averell Harriman
Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get… — Frances McDormand
Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film. — Norman Jewison
That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong.… — C.S. Lewis

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