Destroying Quotes

568 quotes by 459 authors

If, while I'm painting, I distort or destroy a motif, it is not a planned or conscious act, but rather it has a different justification:… — Gerhard Richter
When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our spiritual heritage, we… — Nhat Hanh
And as we know now, and as I pointed out many times, the great plume of fire at the bottom of the Space Shuttle is… — Dana Rohrabacher
Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself. — Paul Begala
Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have. — William Devane
The first line in the first 'Gasland' is: 'I'm not a pessimist. I've always had a great deal of faith in people that we won't… — Josh Fox
One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a… — Noam Chomsky
A man has a very insecure tenure of a property which another can carry away with his eyes. A few months reduced me to the… — Samuel Crompton
There's too many actors in LA. I mean, I'll go out there from time to time, but I always find it pretty soul-destroying. I don't… — Michael Imperioli
On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the order of daily… — James Howard Kunstler
Space exploration must be undertaken not only out of simple human curiosity but also to further the survival of the species. The twentieth century has… — Edgar Mitchell
If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child's natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn't possibly do… — Paul Lockhart
As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species. — James Hansen
I hear it's better to use animal products than synthetics, which are harmful to humans and the earth... but destroying one segment of the creation… — Adela Popescu
The modern world... has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then… — Andre Maurois
We tend to think of the Faustian man, the one who fabricates, manipulates, seduces and ends up destroying. But the new image will be man… — Jean Houston
The animals share with us the privilege of having a soul Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy… — Pythagoras
Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles. — Walter Cronkite
Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect ... without also… — Rachel Carson

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