Breaks Quotes

1171 quotes by 950 authors

Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread… — John Henry Newman
If you donâ€™t write the book you have to write, everything breaks. — A.M. Homes
Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates… — Audrey Hepburn
When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down. — Barbara Tuchman
So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, be endlessly drunk. — Charles Baudelaire
Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his… — George Eliot
In a murderous time/the heart breaks and breaks/and lives by breaking. — Stanley Kunitz
The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage to remain… — Jean Baudrillard
To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and… — Malcolm Gladwell
It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further… — Malcolm Gladwell
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
The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant people are. With anyone over fifty you can be fairly confident what's been taught… — Evelyn Waugh
The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart. — Donald Barthelme
The only question that nobody ever asks is: What breaks your heart? I think that should be asked of all "artists."...So, what breaks your heart? — Jonathan Carroll
pools of blood are not recreational even lifeguards drown when the undertow breaks bread with the underbelly demons disguised as sharks have not put enough… — Saul Williams
Training moments occur when both parents and children do their jobs. The parent's job is to make the rule. The child's job is to break… — Henry Cloud
We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which breaks on impact.… — Margaret Atwood
I got back in my car, starting the engine, then drove off. It wasn't until I pulled onto the highway that it all really sunk… — Sarah Dessen
Evil is the chronic malady of the universe, and checked in one place, breaks forth in another. — Herman Melville
The most terrible thing about it is not that it breaks oneâ€™s heartâ€”hearts are made to be brokenâ€”but that it turns oneâ€™s heart to stone. — Oscar Wilde

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