Destroying Quotes
568 quotes by 472 authors
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Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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I'm not much of a crier but it is mildly soul-destroying and exposing to do something physical that you are terrible at in front of…
— Emily Blunt
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We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do not include destroying human embryos.
— John Boehner
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You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
— William J. H. Boetcker
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Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and…
— Jerry Brown
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Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater.…
— Albert Camus
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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model: We…
— Hugo Chavez
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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. Traveling is my form of…
— Yvon Chouinard
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Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.
— Frank A. Clark
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Bad jokes and gay marriage are destroying this country. But torture can save it.
— Jon Stewart
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...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself.
— Arthur Miller
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The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or…
— Iris Murdoch
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Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.
— John Mason Brown
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Destroying something, any idiot can do. Creating needs intelligence.
— Rajneesh
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A single blow must destroy the enemy... without regard of losses... a gigantic all-destroying blow.
— Adolf Hitler
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[When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom…
— Albert Einstein
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We are living in a very exciting and powerful time. On the deepest level of consciousness, a radical spiritual transformation is taking place. I believe…
— Shakti Gawain
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The fool knows nothing of God; he never comes across anything divine. He remains part of the stupid collectivity. Remember, the society, the collective has…
— Rajneesh
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