Destruction Quotes

1562 Destruction quotes by 1091 unique authors

Fame, that public destruction of one in process of becoming, into whose building-ground the mob breaks, displacing his stones. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Medical science has oppressed us with a new huge burden of longevity. It is in that last undesired decade, when passion is cold, appetites feeble,… — Evelyn Waugh
The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life… — Rebecca Harding Davis
Man is about to be an automaton; he is identifiable only in the computer. As a person of worth and creativity, as a being with… — William O. Douglas
It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numerical reckonings of death and destruction that ought… — Wendell Berry
Being human signifies, for each one of us, belonging to a class, a society, a country, a continent and a civilization; and for us European… — Claude Levi-Strauss
It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to have more weaponry… — Don Nickles
Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable. — James Nachtwey
Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in… — John Boyd Orr
The corporation is one of the great unheralded human inventions of destruction. It is a way to absolve from any personal liability a bunch of… — Keith Olbermann
We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The… — Che Guevara
World War II was fought for the abolition of racial exclusiveness, equality of nations and the integrity of their territories, liberation of enslaved nations and… — Joseph Stalin
The full history of the interlocking participation of the Imperial German Government and international finance in the destruction of the Russian Empire is not yet… — Boris Brasol
I've always turned my anger inwards towards self-destruction. — Mackenzie Phillips
The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe.… — George Papandreou
There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack. — Charles Rangel
The destruction of the natural beauty, the ecosystems, and the majesty of mountains affect us in ways we're not even aware of. Every time a… — Gloria Reuben
Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science… — Scott Ritter
Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that. — Scott Ritter
Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists… — Dalai Lama
The vast majority of beings who incarnate on this planet are at the stage of their evolution where power is the dominant theme. They are… — Frederick Lenz
People on this planet are currently preparing to blow themselves up in ultimate thermonuclear wars. We are living among beings whose state of mind is… — Frederick Lenz
We live in the dark ages. If an intelligent society can destroy itself in large numbers and places the largest amount of revenues in instruments… — Frederick Lenz
The Amazon is not just a set of trees. It is a set of 25 million people. If we don't create real economic opportunities for… — Roberto Unger
I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction.… — George Voinovich

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