Crushing Quotes

199 Crushing quotes by 178 unique authors

I have no interest in ever coming out. I’m just trying to make the pictures look good; I’m not into trying to make myself look… — Banksy
...protect your hands! Some fans demonstrate their enthusiam with bone-crushing hand shakes. My former teacher Julian Bream often bows Japanese style with his hands behind… — Liona Boyd
Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black charcoal crushing white paper. — Gunter Grass
In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of… — Kate Chopin
The economic distress of America's inner cities may be the most pressing issue facing the nation. The lack of businesses and jobs in disadvantaged urban… — Michael Porter
I enjoy crushing bastards. So it is enjoyable work. — Julian Assange
That is my temperament. I enjoy creating systems on a grand scale, and I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I enjoy crushing bastards. — Julian Assange
Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit. — Eric Liddell
Kindness is a much more crushing force than anger. — Samael Aun Weor
No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it — Bill W.
The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more… — Jan Peter Balkenende
Yeah i thought about making the character of JD gay... But then i thought, but what about all the poor girls dreams you'll be crushing — Zach Braff
Game in, game out, year in, year out, just a kid cruising the ice looking to cause trouble - a wicked wristshot for a goal,… — Ken Dryden
America is sinking under the crushing weight of the ever-expanding regulatory state. This burden threatens to disrupt our recovery, hamper long-term growth, undermine our global… — Tom J. Donohue
One of the most appalling comments on our present way of life is that half of all the beds in our hospitals are reserved for… — Dale Carnegie
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work… — Khalil Gibran
Be warned against all 'good' advice because 'good' advice is necessarily 'safe' advice, and though it will undoubtedly follow a sane pattern, it will very… — Jules Feiffer
I didn't want to find out the reality that if I wanted my dream, I had to lose weight. That's a crushing dream for anybody...… — Serinda Swan
It is an old trick. The playgoer who does not like dirty plays is denounced as a prude; the music-lover who resents cacophony is told… — Royal Cortissoz
Every way that we try to make our kids good that isn’t rooted in the good news of the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of… — Elyse Fitzpatrick
Most of the verses written about praise in God’s Word were voiced by people who were faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores… — Joni Eareckson Tada
A crushing hurt comes to our heart and the sympathizing, scarred hand of Christ presses the wound; and just for a moment,the pain seems to… — Beth Moore
When you're starving or wrapped up in a cycle of binge-ing-and-purging, or sexually obsessed with (someone), it is very hard to think about anything else,… — Caroline Knapp
The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams. — Simon Cowell
If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you. — Jeanette Winterson

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