Torn Quotes

522 quotes by 435 authors

Building a set is like building a place, but it's a temporary place, because sets usually get torn down. Kind of unfortunate. — David Lynch
New York is such a competitive place; it tears people apart. People come here and, if they can't make it in the first month, they… — Unknown Author
My story is the story of countless millions of children whose families and nations were torn apart for money in the name of Jesus Christ. — Sinead O'Connor
The subject for a lot of non-fiction is very emotional, but if you read it, it's the most boring, dry stuff. I wanted 'Torn Apart'… — James Patterson
However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we… — Muriel Rukeyser
In the 1980s America reacted to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. We supported a war that left a nation torn to pieces. And as… — Simon Sinek
For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back… — Sylvester Stallone
As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond. — Rufus Wainwright
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to… — Elwyn Brooks White
This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should… — Ed Wood
The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed. I should have known what fruit… — Lord Byron
A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended. — Ian Mcewan
Had I left those images hidden in the emotions, I might have been torn to pieces by them. — Carl Jung
What a terrible thing could be freedom. Trees were free when they were uprooted by the wind; ships were free when they were torn from… — Radclyffe Hall
It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition. — Elie Wiesel
Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a… — J. G. Ballard
Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion. — Jon Stewart
Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too. — Matsuo Basho
John Galt is Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by vultures in payment for having brought to men the fire of… — Ayn Rand
Beauty was deceptive. I would rather wear my pain, my ugliness. I was torn and stitched. I was a strip mine, and they would just… — Janet Fitch

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