Destroys Quotes

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.
Joseph Wood Krutch

What feeds me destroys me.
Christopher Marlowe

Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
Eartha Kitt

Greed, Everything

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.
Paul Valery

Time, Thoughts, Same

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.
Raymond Chandler

Power, Writing, Thinking

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.
John Milton

Good, God, Book

Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn't work for very long. It's an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we're building for Canada as a strong place to invest.
Stephen Harper

Work, Government, Strong

There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything.
Twyla Tharp

Good, Means, Word

The Internet creates as well as destroys. Social networks, search advertising, and cloud computing are multibillion dollar industries that didn't exist 10 years ago. They are products of the same force that has rendered the Postal Service's core business obsolete.
John Sununu

Business, Same, Service

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.
Andre Malraux

Democracy, Communism, Destroy

Suffering is always hard to quantify - especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer's. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer's destroys the mind - and in the process, annihilates the very self.
Jeffrey Kluger

Pain, Mind, Self

I believe that time destroys everything. You can take one beautiful apple, red. After a while, it becomes shrivelled and full of worms, just like what happens to us.
Monica Bellucci

Time, Beautiful, Everything

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
Florence King

Life, Women, Woman

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.
Sydney Smith

Great, Solitude, Virtues

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights.
Ivan Turgenev

Life, Nature, Death

I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.
Chris Ware

Age, Language, Ability

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.
Azar Nafisi

Success, Negative, Dream

Time destroys everything.
Monica Bellucci

Time, Everything

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.
Ryszard Kapuscinski

Himself, Destroy, Obstacle

This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization.
Joseph Rotblat

War, Reality, May

I think what destroys Hollywood marriages is our work schedule, not so much infidelity.
Eva Longoria

Work, Infidelity, Hollywood

The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.
William Robertson Smith

Religion, Nation, National

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.
John Fowles

End, Passion, Paradox

It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.
Deborah Bull

Good, Strong, Another

Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
Lance Loud

Matter, Private, Sexuality

The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian faith that distorts, confuses, and destroys the opportunity for a biblical understanding of Jesus Christ and of his gospel for millions of people.
Mark Hatfield

Faith, Nothing, Jesus

No faction is better or worse than any other. All come from the same mould; they are all products of capitalist influence in the working class movement. And they are a poison that destroys our Party and the working class movement in Korea.
Kim Jong Il

Working, Same, Influence

The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.
Milos Forman

Character, Evil, Control

The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives.
George William Norris

War, Government, Reason

I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you.
Jenni Rivera

Negative, Caught

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