Destruction Quotes

1562 Destruction quotes by 1091 unique authors

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them — Friedrich Durrenmatt
Increase in the wealth per capita fosters democracy; but the latter, at least according to what we have been able to observe up to now,… — Vilfredo Pareto
I love the sound of breaking glass Especially when Im lonely I need the noises of destruction When theres nothing new. — Nick Lowe
We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions. — Taiichi Ohno
A large animal needs a large area. If you protect that area, you're also protecting thousands of other plants and animals. You're saving all these… — George Schaller
Woman possesses the cosmic force of an element, an invincible force of destruction, like nature's. She is, in herself alone, all nature! Being the matrix… — Octave Mirbeau
To read a poem with no thought in mind but to paraphrase it into a single, simple and usually high-minded prose statement is the destruction… — John Ciardi
Come and sip from the cup of destruction. — Genghis Khan
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle… — Richard Livingstone
People say that Nagasaki is famous for persecution and devastation, for it has known much in it's history. But Nagasaki is not the only place… — Takashi Nagai
If anyone stumbles then he must repent. If anyone errs then he must repent. And no one must insist on (the path of) destruction. If… — Uthman ibn Affan
The wheel of Time wrote the first half of the poetry of mass destruction on the black board of the ashes of a funeral ground… — Manmohan Acharya
Until the 19th century, the term 'to consume' was used mainly in its negative connotations of 'destruction' and 'waste'. Tuberculosis was known as 'consumption', that is, a… — Petr Skrabanek
Whatever is destroyed, the act of destruction does not vary much. Beauty if vapour from the pit of death. — John Austin Baker
Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible. — Peter D. Mitchell
You cannot seriously address the destruction of wilderness without addressing the society that is destroying it. — Judi Bari
Starting from the very reasonable, but unfortunately revolutionary concept that social practices which threaten the continuation of life on Earth must be changed, we need… — Judi Bari
The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are… — Galeazzo Ciano
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger,… — Patrick MacGill
Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around the world for an end to the production of weapons of mass destruction. To him it… — Ann Druyan
But Hezbollah now has reared its ugly head in a way that threatens the entire free world. And they want, by their own charter and… — Zach Wamp
Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked… — George Ayittey
The creation of rule is more creative than the destruction of them. Creation demands a higher level of reasoning and draws connections between cause and… — Andrea Zittel
We are no longer in the World of the Fourth Sun, but we are not yet in the World of the Fifth Sun. This is… — Carlos Barrios
It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its foundations among his… — C L R James

Who Wrote These Destruction Quotes

1,091 authors contributed a total of 1,562 Destruction Quotes, led by these top contributors: