Devastation Quotes
115 quotes by 105 authors
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The sadistic narcissist perceives himself as Godlike, ruthless and devoid of scruples, capricious and unfathomable, emotion-less and non-sexual, omniscient, omnipotent and omni-present, a plague, a…
— Sam Vaknin
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Love isn’t only love, sweetheart. It’s hard work, and trust, and tears, with even a few glimpses of devastation. But at the end of each…
— Nicole Williams
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Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance.
— Jim Rohn
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It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, that fires the soldier's breast; as indeed the town is seldom worth…
— Samuel Johnson
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Up above, we will defend the life of the trees and the mountains from further devastation. Down below [in the towns], we will spread death…
— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
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Prospects for growth in the year ahead are solid at the national level, and of course, this can only be good news for the Bay…
— Janet Yellen
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This generation may either be the last to exist in any semblance of a civilised world or that it will be the first to have…
— Richard St. Barbe Baker
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To emotionally accept impending disaster, to attain the gut-level understanding that the power elite will not respond rationally to the devastation of the ecosystem, is…
— Chris Hedges
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A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.
— Grace Lee Boggs
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Suicide carries in its aftermath a level of confusion and devastation that is, for the most part, beyond description.
— Kay Redfield Jamison
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We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned…
— Winston Churchill
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The severest trial of oppression is the constant outrage which one suffers at the thought of the oppressor. What Jesus discovered was how to avoid…
— B.F. Skinner
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This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda. Together…
— Pope Francis
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There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to 3,000…
— John Hickenlooper
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For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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The devastation wreaked by landmines is not only horrendous but immoral
— Desmond Tutu
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After Sandy hit, my wife and I saw pictures of the devastation following the hurricane in the news. We immediately wanted to find a way…
— Tyson Chandler
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If you look at it ecologically, deforestation is high on the list of things which bring devastation. You cut down trees to build homes, for…
— Clive Anderson
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We are deeply saddened by the tremendous loss of life and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, .. Starbucks has a long tradition of striving to…
— Howard Schultz
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The lumbermen...regarded forest devastation as normal and second growth as a delusion of fools....And as for sustained yield, no such idea had ever entered their…
— Gifford Pinchot
Who Wrote These Devastation Quotes
105 authors contributed a total of 115 Devastation Quotes, led by these top contributors: