Destructive Quotes

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The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. Somebody did… — Douglas Adams
I know. So, I was angry with you. I didn't know why. I was angry with the world. I did know why. I hated all… — Gayle Forman
No, my dear, I'm not in love with you, no more than you are with me, and if I were, you would be the last… — Margaret Mitchell
A purely mental life may be destructive if it leads us to substitute thought for life and ideas for actions. The activity proper to man… — Thomas Merton
Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He can… — Peter Shaffer
Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue, the monograph went on. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very… — Kurt Vonnegut
Fear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world. — James Frey
Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can… — Frank Herbert
Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. — John Gardner
The difference between a path and a road is not only the obvious one. A path is little more than a habit that comes with… — Wendell Berry
They donâ€™t think â€œI care,â€ â€œI hurt,â€ or â€œI have feelings.â€ It just seems like Iâ€™m always â€œwrong,â€ always â€œselfish,â€ always â€œself-centeredâ€ and everything else… — Beatrice Sparks
Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive… — Brandon Sanderson
Fear can be one of the most destructive emotions. It is, of course, also very important, in that fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid… — Helen Mirren
The information was kept hidden for the same reason we keep matches from children. In the correct hands, fire can provide illumination... but in the… — Dan Brown
That eating should be foremost about bodily health is a relatively new and, I think, destructive idea-destructive not just the pleasure of eating, which would… — Michael Pollan
Love life first, then march through the gates of each season; go inside nature and develop the discipline to stop destructive behavior; learn tenderness toward… — Gretel Ehrlich
She stared at me. "Fly, ;ole, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, AND… — Rick Riordan
We are such small, stupid things. For most of my life I thought of nature as the stupid thing: Blind, animal, destructive. We, the humans,… — Lauren Oliver
Anger is the most useless emotion," Henchick intoned, "destructive to the mind and hurtful to the heart. — Stephen King
I imagine John Watson thinks loveâ€™s a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive. When we first met, you told… — Mark Gatiss

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