Wrong Things Quotes

134 quotes by 116 authors

A culture that values production over life values the wrong things, because it will produce things at the expense of living beings, human or otherwise. — Derrick Jensen
Turns out we've been eating the wrong things...since the dawn of civilisation — Lewis Black
My great concern for you in life is not that you will fail, but that you will succeed in doing the wrong things. — Howard G. Hendricks
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Without passion, nothing happens; without compassion, the wrong things happen. — Jan Eliasson
We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents. — Paul Prudhomme
From the steady opposition which faithful Friends in early times made to wrong things then approved, they were hated and persecuted by men living in… — John Woolman
When you watch Canadian kids [Box Lacrosse Players] score, when you see their skill level around the cage, you wonder to yourself, 'Jeez, are we… — Dom Starsia
It is throwing your life away to think of the wrong things. — Hugh Nibley
Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it… — Bobby Vinton
Our criminal institutions are full of creeps like you who do wrong things, and many of them were driven to these crimes by the horrible… — Frank Zappa
Most people, of course, spend their lives caring about the wrong things. The worry about South Africa or Nicaragua. They spend so much time finding… — Kinky Friedman
Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than the years of… — Chris Hadfield
Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on… — Richard G. Scott
You certainly have a higher quality of life when you are not on the Forbes list. It just means that your security changes, and you're… — Ronald Burkle
Does experience help? NO! Not if we are doing the wrong things. — W. Edwards Deming
You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course,… — Peace Pilgrim
When I stop chasing all the wrong things in life all the good things start to fall into my lap. — Danny Castillo
New York, it's people. It's grit. It's diversity of people. It's diversity of industry. In L.A. everyone's looking over their shoulder because one of the… — Willie Geist
Hollywood infected my brain and I really valued the wrong things in life, but I changed dramatically. — Marina and the Diamonds

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