Tearing Quotes

227 Tearing quotes by 198 unique authors

There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws. — William Golding
Today what we are doing is modernizing the financial services industry, tearing down those antiquated laws and granting banks significant new authority. — William J. Clinton
So you are the people tearing down the Brazilian rainforest and breeding cattle. — Prince Philip
I used to think that good short-sellers could be trained like long-focused value investors because it should be the same skill set; you’re tearing into… — James Chanos
The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking… — Genghis Khan
For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound. — Raquel Cepeda
The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries on the contrary, a good marriage is one in… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Nothing primes inspiration more than necessity, whether it be the presence of a copyist waiting for your work or the prodding of an impresario tearing… — Gioachino Rossini
People are supposed to accumulate, I thought, as they get older, but I seem to be sloughing off, like a person wrapped in a hundred… — Pam Houston
Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains.... — Unknown Author
Faithfulness to your husband means sticking up for him, always building him up and never tearing him down. — Myles Munroe
There are a few animals that have won themselves a bad reputation even though they have little or no effect on man. They have won… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Marital faithfulness involves more than just sexual fidelity. Being faithful to your wife also means defending her and affirming her beauty, intelligence, and integrity at… — Myles Munroe
As each brigade emerged from the woods, from 50 to 100 guns opened upon it, tearing great gaps in its ranks; but the heroes pressed… — Daniel Harvey Hill
Slavery has become so engrafted into the policy of the Southern States, that it cannot be eradicated without tearing up by the roots their happiness,… — Unknown Author
So what do they do? They start writing articles in the New York Daily News. Boy, that's a paper that loves to write crap on… — Gary Null
A vile beastly rottenheaded foolbegotten brazenthroated pernicous piggish screaming, tearing, roaring, perplexing, splitmecrackle crashmecriggle insane ass of a woman is practising howling below-stairs with a… — Edward Lear
Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where… — Holmes Rolston III
In some cities they tear down buildings to save taxes. They might try tearing down some taxes to save buildings. — Ken Schoolland
Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing… — Charles Dickens
Dancing is when you rise above both worlds, tearing your heart to pieces & giving up your soul — Unknown Author
Lovers. Not a soft word, as people thought, but cruel and tearing. — Alice Munro
Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that… — FranÃ§ois Lelord
Never build yourself up by tearing another down. — Larry Winget
Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred. — Lalu Prasad Yadav

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