Collapse Quotes

501 quotes by 435 authors

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. — Maurice Sendak
Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics. — Red Skelton
If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak… — Charles Stanley
We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse. — Maurice Strong
All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. — Tacitus
The constraints of melodrama can be a great blessing, because they demand that all the characters involved - as absurd and extreme as they may… — Stanley Tucci
I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm. — Mike Tyson
Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree… — Ai Weiwei
The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the… — H.G. Wells
I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England. — A. N. Wilson
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects… — E. O. Wilson
In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems. — E. O. Wilson
I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse. — Fareed Zakaria
Narrative Collapse is what happens when we no longer have time in which to tell a story. Remote controls and DVRs give us the ability… — Douglas Rushkoff
One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical and sensible, something that is driven by no… — Mercedes Lackey
Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you'd collapse. And… — Aldous Huxley
Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock… — Arundhati Roy
I collect church collapses, recreationally. Did you see the recent one in Sicily? Marvelous! The facade fell on sixty-five grandmothers at a special mass. Was… — Thomas Harris
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
It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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