Best Spoil Quotations
350 Spoil quotes by 279 unique authors
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The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.
— Immanuel Kant
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The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Words often spoil a moment of judgment or excitement; in all great puzzles and wars and movements, there is a moment to speak and a…
— John Gallagher, Jr.
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Even if it's not a style of architecture or period you like, a decorator has to have a feel for a house's personality and try…
— Nancy Lancaster
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Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how to share the spoils.
— Iain McGilchrist
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I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.
— Robin Trower
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I think acting is magic. If I tell you all about myself it will spoil it
— Patrick Troughton
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Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.
— Baldur von Schirach
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Too many proofs spoil the truth.
— Peter Greenaway
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It takes two to paint. One to paint, the other to stand by with an axe to kill him before he spoils it.
— William Merritt Chase
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May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.
— Richard L. Evans
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Every time we give in to selfishness and say “No” to God, we spoil his loving plan for us.
— Pope Francis
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Within a scantily plotted, novella-style narrative (the movie is an adaptation of a short story by Tom Bissell), single shots become story events that mere…
— Karina Longworth
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Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health.
— Swami Vivekananda
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No praying, it spoils business.
— Thomas Otway
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Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?
— Mark Twain
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Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery? Phooey! You…
— Quentin Crisp
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When a person has adequate self-esteem little slights offer no threat at all - they are simply "passed over" and ignored. Even deeper emotional wounds…
— Maxwell Maltz
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At night, in the garden, it occurs to you that it might have been your heart that left you as you reached the capital. Your…
— Sarah Hall
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The life we led was a proof of man's capacity for adaptation.I think that even the condemned souls in purgatory after time develop a sort…
— Arthur Koestler
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The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.
— James Agate
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But the best argument of all [for evangelism] is to be found in the wounds of Jesus. You want to honor Him, you desire to…
— Charles Spurgeon
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A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.
— Kingsley Amis
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It takes some skill to spoil a breakfast - even the English can't do it.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Why should I spoil my mood by wearing an ugly suit?
— Bryan Ferry
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279 authors contributed a total of 350 Spoil Quotes, led by these top contributors: