Best Ruined Wisdom

466 Ruined quotes by 386 unique authors

My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right. — Dan Quayle
England can never be ruined except by a Parliament. — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little,… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
The popular image that Hollywood is ruined by difficult prima donna actors is nonsense. They're certainly very nice to directors. I can't say the same… — Nigel Cole
It's amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for… — Kirstie Alley
All these poses of classical torture ruined my mind like a snake in the orchard. I did go from wanting to be someone, now I'm… — Rufus Wainwright
Maybe you simply criticized someone you hardly knew. You ruined part of their life. For them, part of your life, too. — Warren Zevon
Her vice takes hold of her again, but she still refrains until some moment when, gnawed by some hideous caprice, she comes aground like a… — Jean Lorrain
If I had one quality that really ruined me and at the same time helped me, it was the fact that I never stopped looking,… — Gil Kane
Beauty is a fairy; sometimes she hides herself in a flower-cup, or under a leaf, or creeps into the old ivy, and plays hide-and-seek with… — George Augustus Henry Sala
Forget purpose. It’s okay to be happy without one. The quest for a single purpose has ruined many lives. — James Altucher
I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against the tiny ear and throw him higher. Pittsburgh… — Jack Gilbert
Avarice has ruined more men than prodigality, and the blindest thoughtlessness of expenditure has not destroyed so many fortunes as the calculating but insatiable lust… — Charles Caleb Colton
Gossip and slander are not victimless crimes. Words do not just dissipate into midair. . . . Words can injure and damage, maim and destroy… — Wayne D. Dosick
The thing I noticed is that a lot of times great material can get ruined if its not in the right hands. — Charlize Theron
Out of the ruined lodge and forgotten mansion, bowers that are trodden under foot, and pleasure-houses that are dust, the poet calls up a palingenesis. — Thomas de Quincey
Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency. — Eric Hoffer
What else remains for me? Youth, hope and love; To build a new life on a ruined life. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
And what is more melancholy than the old apple-trees that linger about the spot where once stood a homestead, but where there is now only… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined. — Allen Johnson
Wholeness is the enemy of the artist. We ought to be broken, ruined in some way. — Ben Okri
It is often said that the modern exhibition has ruined painting. It is an unfortunate fact that it does encourage competition, so that, to attract… — Walter J. Phillips
Before Alaska came along and ruined everything, one of every twenty-five square miles in America was Montanan. This much space has nurtured a healthy Cult… — Ellen Meloy
Don't ruin the present with the ruined past. — Ellen Gilchrist
All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Who Wrote These Ruined Quotes

386 authors contributed a total of 466 Ruined Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Ruined Wisdom

More Ways to Read Ruined Quotes

Who Wrote These Ruined Quotes