Damage Quotes
806 quotes by 700 authors
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Nothing can work me damage except myself.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
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The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair…
— John Muir
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It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great…
— Maxwell Perkins
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It often puzzles me when people think that matters connected with sex ought to be suppressed. Sex itself cannot be suppressed, and the efforts to…
— Maxwell Perkins
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At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is not for immunity to, but for the most unsparing exposure of, the…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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In my own experience, both personally and professionally, I've learned that you don't wait to confront reality. It doesn't get easier. It doesn't get better.…
— Stephen Covey
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The damages of our present agriculture all come from the determination to use the life of the soil as if it were an extractable resource…
— Wendell Berry
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I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm to…
— Jonathan Gottschall
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A boxing contest is a brain-damage contest. Who can give out more brain damage and who can absorb more of it?
— Jonathan Gottschall
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In an effort to civilize combat sports, authorities mandated padded gloves and instantly made the sports far more savage. Granted, putting gloves on the hands…
— Jonathan Gottschall
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The curse of modern times is the propensity of male hormones in places where they can do the most damage
— Robert James Waller
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Climate change is a fact. Its consequences, damages and costs are already being felt around the globe.
— Heinz Fischer
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to have been overshadowed by the upheavals in the region. Â I have followed events there for almost 40 years. I am…
— Heinz Fischer
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One accident or terrorist strike involving high-level waste would endanger lives and cause a catastrophe that would leave millions of dollars in damages and take…
— Shelley Berkley
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I've spent a lot of very happy times in Edinburgh as a result of playing virtually every festival since 1996. It's also a beautiful city…
— Marcus Brigstocke
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He who manages the distance, manages the damage.
— Rener Gracie
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The results of the Great Society experiments started coming in and began showing that, for all its good intentions, the War on Poverty was causing…
— Charles Krauthammer
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The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate.…
— Ronald Reagan
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This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.
— Barney Frank
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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