Corrosive Quotes

46 quotes by 42 authors

Philosophy can be compared to some powders that are so corrosive that, after they have eaten away the infected flesh of a wound, they then… — Pierre Bayle
To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position. — Denise Mina
When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn't affect… — Susan L. Taylor
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy… — Liu Xiaobo
In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs… — Caitlin Flanagan
To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest good. — Desmond Tutu
Celebrity is a corrosive condition for the soul. — Charlton Heston
Envy and resentment are terribly corrosive passions. To suffer at the sight or even the thought of others' enjoyment of life makes one a committed… — Robert Sheaffer
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences… — Steve Jobs
I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of… — Hugh Laurie
Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. — Edward Norton
Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate. — Ralph Steadman
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or… — E. O. Wilson
I kept finding the same anguish, the same doubt; a self-contempt that neither irony nor intellect seemed able to deflect. Even DuBoisâ€™s learning and Baldwinâ€™s… — Barack Obama
Part of the puzzle, surely, lies in the disconnect between official rhetoric and lived realities. Americans are constantly extolling â€œtraditionsâ€; litanies to family values are… — Susan Sontag
One of the worst things about breaking the law is that it puts one at odds with an indeterminate number of other people. This is… — Sam Harris
Passivity is corrosive to the soul; it feeds on feelings of integrity and pride, and it can be as tempting as a drug. — Caroline Knapp
What I was afraid of was my own grief, the weight of it, the ineluctable corrosive force of it, and the stark awareness I had… — John Banville
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so… — Philip Pullman
I felt the mask crumple, the great poisonous store of corrosive ashes begin to spew out of my mouth. — Sylvia Plath

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