Destructive Quotes

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The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to… — Basil Bunting
The problem with life is, we often do things that will ultimately be self-destructive and make us unhappy, yet in that moment it seems like… — Sophie Dahl
Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Well, because Dawn of the Dead can take place anywhere and it shows that actually the entire planet is contaminated, I would say that it… — Sarah Polley
Few literary depictions of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake match the intensity and visceral power of those in Flacco's gripping first novel. The author's screenwriting… — William Bernhardt
The GOPâ€™s thirst for confrontation and crisis is symptomatic of a destructive and nihilistic streak that has overtaken our political system. When one party repudiates… — Mike Lofgren
Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities, who rob our… — Nelson Mandela
Inherited hatred (i.e. hatred your parents schooled you in) is not only stupid, it is destructive - why make your only driving force hate? Seems… — Lemmy Kilmister
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them — Vernon Howard
I have a theory that theories are destructive. — Carl Whitaker
After fulfilling its destructive urge towards everything that is noble and good on earth, it [naive Religion] sketches, in its opium intoxication, a picture of… — Bruno Bauer
If we don't have a clear sense of our identity and purpose, we are much more vulnerable to Lucifer. He of course knows this and… — Sheri L. Dew
Our life stories are largely constructed and without mindfulness can prove destructive. — Rasheed Ogunlaru
The concept of physical beauty as a virtue is one of the dumbest, most pernicious and destructive ideas of the Western world, and we should… — Toni Morrison
Although we are all the same in not wanting problems and wanting a peaceful life, we tend to create a lot of problems for ourselves.… — Dalai Lama
The destructive fixation of the envious English-Canadian mind requires that the highest, happiest most agile flyers be laid low. [It is] a sadistic desire corroded… — Conrad Black
Our behavior is a function of our experience. We act according to the way we see things. If our experience is destroyed, our behavior will… — R. D. Laing
Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it.… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Not only did God deliver me from the bondage of alcoholism, he also blessed my family financially because of my commitment to honor what he… — Richard Kiel

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