Quotes about Damaging

Damaging the enemy financially is fair game. Votes: 3

Violence is not a constitutionally protected right. Damaging property is not a constitutionally protected right; inciting violence is not a constitutionally protected right. Votes: 3

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme. Votes: 2

A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. Votes: 2

Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Votes: 2

American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term. Votes: 2

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness. Votes: 2

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. Votes: 2

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature. Votes: 2

It's extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case. Votes: 2

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society. Votes: 2

We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us. Votes: 2

Admittedly, it would take industrial-grade chutzpah and a massive dose of malevolence for anyone to bulldoze the spot where Neil Armstrong stepped off the Eagle lander. But even innocent visits could be damaging. Votes: 2

Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities. Votes: 2

Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these rights freely and spontaneously, without damaging reservations, without irritating mistrust. Votes: 2

At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud. Votes: 2

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world. Votes: 2

We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers an on the look-out for the warning signs. Performance enhancing drugs are too damaging to young people for parents and coaches to not be involved. Votes: 2

In my opinion, Putin is right on these issues. Obviously, he may be wrong about many things, but he has taken a stand to protect his nation's children from the damaging effects of any gay and lesbian agenda. Votes: 2

But if you know that something has been really vicious, you don't read it, you don't let it into your head. What's damaging is when sentences go through your head and you burn with the injustice of it. Votes: 2

I think we are always right to worry about damaging consequences of new technologies even as we are empowered by them. History suggests we should not panic nor be too sanguine about cool new gizmos. There's a delicate balance. Votes: 2

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way. Votes: 2

Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth. Votes: 2

What I've learned is that unless it's an emergency, like a fire or brain surgery, hierarchy is not necessary and may be damaging. If you have a hierarchy, you're repeating the strengths and weaknesses of one person without allowing for the accumulative strength of a group. Votes: 2

I tried to be as thorough as I can, but there is a responsibility that we all have, especially with something like AA which is dependant on anonymity. Once you start banging on about it the whole time, you are potentially damaging the whole concept of it. Votes: 2

Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing the consequences of his or her behavior. Our sons and daughters don't need more guilt and self-doubt heaped upon their already wounded egos. Votes: 2

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type of guarantee to make sure that people have the ability to borrow to finance a house even in a very damaging recession. I think there's going to be a good case for that. Votes: 2

How can we teach our children to be responsible beyond themselves and care for other human beings' welfare and for the welfare of the planet and all that it contains? It's a difficult lesson to convey, when, more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez disaster, Prince William Sound is still experiencing the damaging effects. Votes: 2

I don't go for this auto-cannibalism. Very damaging. Votes: 0

Fake love, is just as damaging as open hate. Votes: 0

If you are killing time, are you damaging eternity? Votes: 0

The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking. Votes: 0

Anything that can be perfect is very damaging for my psyche. Votes: 0

Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error. Votes: 0

Tukhachevsky was an especially damaging loss for the army and the state. Votes: 0

History was an incredibly damaging experience, and now it's over . . . in a sense. Votes: 0

I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other. Votes: 0

The most damaging prejudice consists of banning any kind of investigation of nature. Votes: 0

Most people don't accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others. Votes: 0

Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world. Votes: 0

I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor. Votes: 0

The truth which has been spoken too late is more damaging than a lie. Votes: 0

Guns are dangerous and damaging even when no one gets shot. They really do loom. Votes: 0

Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong. Votes: 0

The most damaging phrase in the language is: `It's always been done that way.' Votes: 0

The plausible outcomes range from the gradual and benign to the more precipitous and damaging. Votes: 0

The worst lies of all are the ones we tell ourselves. They are the most damaging. Votes: 0

No sane man objects to palpable lies about him; what he objects to is damaging facts. Votes: 0

A success that has outlived its usefulness may, in the end, be more damaging than failure. Votes: 0

Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait! Votes: 0

Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage. Votes: 0

The most damaging forms of intolerance are connected with religious, racial and political differences of opinion. Votes: 0

Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually." Votes: 0

Television, while chemically non-invasive, nevertheless is every bit as addicting and physiologically damaging as any other drug. Votes: 0

In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't for kids. Votes: 0

The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate. Votes: 0

When you're doing some things that are damaging you, you don't really realise it at the time. Votes: 0

Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche. Votes: 0

Red meat is not really bad for a person. Now, blue-green meat - that's damaging of you! Votes: 0

Imagining someone else's pain with too much surety can be as damaging as failing to imagine it. Votes: 0

We are to eat food otherwise we don't live and sometimes we eat food that is very damaging. Votes: 0

Remember that nothing is so damaging to self-esteem as waiting for a telephone or door-bell that doesn't ring. Votes: 0

New Year's resolution: To refrain from saying witty, unkind things, unless they are really witty and irreparably damaging. Votes: 0

In a company where tech decisions were still ultracentralized, the repercussions of a distracted CEO had to be damaging. Votes: 0

The black church often has reinforced certain self images that are damaging to black peoples' beauty, black peoples' confidence. Votes: 0

Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. Votes: 0

Many rich people in China made their fortunes by damaging natural resources and building corrupt relations with the government. Votes: 0

Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy. Votes: 0

the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion Votes: 0

Canned food is a perversion,' Ignatius said. 'I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul. Votes: 0

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly. Votes: 0

Any time we are misused or used for a purpose other than what God intended us for, it's damaging. Votes: 0

Free your mind of the damaging clots of bias, being kind only to your own kind isn't kindness at all Votes: 0

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them. Votes: 0

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. Votes: 0

Both poverty and wealth are excellent things, because they are extremes, but the middle ground is damaging to the soul. Votes: 0

This is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness. Votes: 0

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself Votes: 0

I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose. Votes: 0

Fear is bound to disappear when you realize that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive, or painful, but something natural. Votes: 0

The most damaging erroneous belief about happiness is, of course, that happiness is somewhere else--that is, that it is not with you. Votes: 0

The technology of mass production is inherently violent, ecologically damaging, self-defeating in terms of non-renewable resources, and stultifying for the human person. Votes: 0

The really damaging thing is that the objectives, the goals of the people on the left are not possible. There is no utopia. Votes: 0

The really damaging thing is that the objectives, the goals of the people on the left are not possible. There is no utopia. Votes: 0

You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships. Votes: 0

I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one. And now they seem sort of meaningful and real. Votes: 0

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important. Votes: 0

Antioxidants are chemicals that break down or neutralize the damaging effects of free radicals - chemicals produced as a byproduct of normal cellular metabolism. Votes: 0

You can't get around the image of people shooting at people toprotect their stores and it working. This is damaging to the [guncontrol] movement. Votes: 0

Wait, so @ToysRUs pulled all of the Breaking Bad figures from their shelves and still sells Barbie? Hmmmm...I wonder what is more damaging? Votes: 0

There's a whole journalistic-industrial complex dedicated to keeping newsprint, TV screens and radio waves clean of destabilizing scoops damaging to corporations or the state. Votes: 0

The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don't like to read. Votes: 0

How damaging is a habit that permits faultfinding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create chains of contention. Votes: 0

Did you ever hear anyone say, 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me'? Votes: 0

Who will say with confidence that sexual abuse is more permanently damaging to children than threatening them with the eternal and unquenchable fires of hell? Votes: 0

Labour, because it chose to remain unintelligent, either became subservient, or insolently believed in damaging the capitalists' goods and machinery or even in killing the capitalists. Votes: 0

Understand the nature and influence of repeating patterns, from childhood experiences or even from past lives. Wthout understanding, patterns tend to repeat, unnecessarily damaging the relationship. Votes: 0

Understand the nature and influence of repeating patterns, from childhood experiences or even from past lives. Wthout understanding, patterns tend to repeat, unnecessarily damaging the relationship. Votes: 0

There can be no question, however, that prolonged commitment to mathematical exercises in economics can be damaging. It leads to the atrophy of judgement and intuition. . . Votes: 0

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby. Votes: 0

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude Votes: 0

Ocean energy can contribute a great deal toward the protection or our atmosphere - without damaging marine ecosystems that are equally vital to the planet's future. Votes: 0

No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to be learned from it. Votes: 0

The Government's first priority on coming to office was to secure long-term economic stability and put an end to the damaging cycle of boom and bust. Votes: 0

Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself. Votes: 0

Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village. Votes: 0

At a certain point, I should start to pay attention and make sure I'm not damaging my vocal chords, because I enjoy using them a lot. Votes: 0

Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage. Votes: 0

I know that the fantastic amount of profit that people want to make on anything is damaging. And that none of us seem able to resist it. Votes: 0

You're really not right, are you? Yeah, I know. It was all the paint chips I ate as a kid. They were good, but chromosomally damaging. (Nick) Votes: 0

I suspected economics was irredeemable as a policy tool for citizens groups. I saw economics lead its practitioners and citizens alike into a form of brain-damaging indoctrination. Votes: 0

Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal. Votes: 0

Wherever I've been, I've left people who joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. I have to make amends. What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large. Votes: 0

Mainstream media's representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black men's lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation. Votes: 0

Burning one hectare of grassland gives off more, and more damaging, pollutants than 6,000 cars. And we are burning in Africa, every single year, more than one billion hectares. Votes: 0

Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation. Votes: 0

I think schools generally do an effective and terribly damaging job of teaching children to be infantile, dependent, intellectually dishonest, passive and disrespectful to their own developmental capacities. Votes: 0

Criticism at the wrong time, even if it's legitimate criticism, can be seriously damaging and make the writer lose faith in what he's doing. It's the timing that's all-important. Votes: 0

Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life. When properly executed, its benefits are untold; when wrongly executed, no evil can exceed its damaging results. Votes: 0

Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life. When properly executed, its benefits are untold. When wrongly executed, no evil can exceed its damaging results. Votes: 0

The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises. Votes: 0

Reason flows from the blending of rational thought and feeling. If the two functions are torn apart, thinking deteriorates into schizoid intellectual activity and feeling deteriorates into neurotic life-damaging passions. Votes: 0

If you do not value libraries then you do not value information or culture or wisdom. You are silencing the voices of the past and you are damaging the future. Votes: 0

When I ran I was a first candidate to talk about how immigration was going be so damaging to the American people. When I first ran I talked about affirmative-action. Votes: 0

The most consistent and ultimately damaging failure of political journalism in America (is that it) has its roots in the clubby/cocktail personal relationships that inevitably develop between politicians and journalists. Votes: 0

We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women, but translates her every step towards success as having been damaging. Votes: 0

Smoking marijuana, as long as you leave the nicotine out of it, is certainly no more damaging than having a drink, and I suspect better for you than having a drink. Votes: 0

Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities. Votes: 0

But in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. Votes: 0

If you really believe in a cause, let the cause speak for itself. And if you, by your personality, are damaging that cause, if you really believe in it, you step aside. Votes: 0

With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it. Votes: 0

I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. Votes: 0

I have touched coral, and it feels hard like a rock, with a little slimy thing on top of it. But it is better to not touch coral, to prevent damaging it. Votes: 0

A new sickness invaded Jerry, the sickness of knowing what he had become, another animal, another beast, another violent person in a violent world, inflicting damage, not disturbing the universe but damaging it. Votes: 0

Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies. Votes: 0

There are a lot of robots who can open clicks. And they can click instead of human beings and this is damaging the confidence and the trust that the client has on programmatic. Votes: 0

The retreat and disappearance of glaciers"”there are only 160,000 left"”means we're burning libraries and damaging the planet, possibly beyond repair. Bit by bit, glacier by glacier, rib by rib, we're living the Fall. Votes: 0

The United States that has been involved first in the Gulf War and then in the tremendously damaging sanctions against Iraqi civilians. The United States that is the supporter of Israel against the Palestinians. Votes: 0

Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right or the moral fiber to step aside when circumstances dictate. Votes: 0

Svanaja includes in itself the whole subject, officials and ministers. If there is something wrong in the conduct of these people, it would be damaging the state. An administrator should strictly deal with it. Votes: 0

Critical thinking is to a liberal education as faith is to religion. ... the converse was true also - faith is to a liberal education as critical thinking is to religion, irrelevant and even damaging. Votes: 0

Development which has no regard for whom or what it harms is not development. It is the opposite of progress, damaging the Earth's capacity to support us and the rest of its living systems Votes: 0

Mental tensions, frustrations, insecurity, aimlessness are among the most damaging stressors, and psychosomatic studies have shown how often they cause migraine headache, peptic ulcers, heart attacks, hypertension, mental disease, suicide, or just hopeless unhappiness. Votes: 0

Chinese president Jiang Zemin met with former Bill Clinton in Hong Kong Wednesday. What a contrast. One is a ruthless communist who gains popularity by damaging the United States, while the other guy runs China. Votes: 0

The stagflation of the 1970s blessed us with damaging wage and price controls and the utterly counterintuitive supply-side notion - famously drawn on a napkin - that cutting taxes would lead to higher tax revenues. Votes: 0

The good television of today is probably better than the best television of the old days. The bad television of today is worse. It is not only bad, it is damaging, meretricious, seedy and cynical. Votes: 0

I do believe that separation can be a bit damaging at times. To be happy about yourself and your culture and all of that is necessary and fulfilling, but the whole tapestry is what's important. Votes: 0

Hypertension is an important risk factor for kidney disease, but dietary sodium has other damaging effects on the kidneys. High salt intake drives the production of oxygen radicals, leading to oxidative stress in kidney tissue. Votes: 0

Parliamentary committees are becoming more independent, tactics are becoming more sophisticated, and industries that don't want to be bushwhacked by some damaging legislative amendment will have to spend more time and money watching the Hill. Votes: 0