Destroying Quote by Ralph Steadman

Our selfishness consumes us until the whole world is not enough.

— As I Lay Dying

No one consciously wants to destroy themselves. It always comes in a disguise. But then you have to deal with it some way.

— Nick Nolte

It is in your nature to destroy yourselves.

— Edward Furlong

Every action that we take has some motivation of either being selfish or altruistic. All that adds up.

— Adam Yauch

When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions.

— Zeena Schreck

I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it…

— Adam Ferrara

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

— R. D. Laing

What destroys us is not when we fail at doing something. It's the small, tiny, little bit of hope we had that we could…

— Alexa Michalec

What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.

— George Eliot

Our selfishness is so robust and many-clutching that, well encouraged, it easily devours all sustenance away from our poor little scruples.

— George Eliot

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!

— Alison Bechdel

There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs

— Adam Phillips