Quotes about Destroying

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. Votes: 7

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. Votes: 4

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. Votes: 4

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. Votes: 4

Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy. Votes: 4

Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment. Votes: 4

Destroying things is much easier than making them. Votes: 3

Destroying something, any idiot can do. Creating needs intelligence. Votes: 3

Destroying America will be the culmination of my life's work. Votes: 3

Destroying white civilization is the inmost desire of the league of designated victims we call minorities. Votes: 3

Destroying a tropical rainforest for profit is like burning all the paintings of the Louvre to cook dinner. Votes: 3

Destroying green belt agricultural land for immediate economic gain is like burning your children's inheritance to cook a single meal Votes: 3

Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. Votes: 3

Destroying a religious symbol and building a religious center are really the same thing if you don't think about it. Votes: 3

Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good. Votes: 3

Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live. Votes: 3

And by the way it's not about making money, it's about taking money. Destroying the status quo because the status is not quo. The world is a mess and I just need to rule it. Votes: 3

Every time you go to the zoo, you prolong the captivity of the animals there! If no one goes to the zoos, there will be no zoos! Destroying the evil is very simple and it is in your hand! Votes: 3

Destroying Iraq was the greatest strategic blunder this country has made in its history. Unless we change course, there's every reason to believe the Iraq War will end up changing the United States more than it will ever change Iraq. Votes: 3

People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it. Votes: 3

It wasn't so much destroying my dancing, it was destroying me Votes: 2

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? Votes: 2

The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying. Votes: 2

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit. Votes: 2

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them. Votes: 2

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be. Votes: 2

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. Votes: 2

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

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it! Votes: 2

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. Votes: 2

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority. Votes: 2

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying. Votes: 2

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. Votes: 2

We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. Votes: 2

In LA, I mean, here's this place full of desperate and sad people who take their only pleasure from destroying others for the purposes of their own self-aggrandizement. Votes: 2

Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course. Votes: 2

Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America. Votes: 2

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men. Votes: 2

I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world. Votes: 2

Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself. Votes: 2

Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division. Votes: 2

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now. Votes: 2

How do we turn our nation around? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility. Votes: 2

We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo. Votes: 2

Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump to either getting along with people or resisting people, you are ultimately destroying yourself. Votes: 2

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it. Votes: 2

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship. Votes: 2

It's about time we all faced up to the truth. If we accept the radical homosexual agenda, be it in the military or in marriage or in other areas of our lives, we are utterly destroying the concept of family. Votes: 2

I really don't like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they're horrendous. We could have a brilliant future, but we have this terrible male vision of destroying everything. They'd better sort themselves out and become more womanly. Votes: 2

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. 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

The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb. Votes: 2

Abortion and racism are evil twins, born of the same lie. Where racism now hides its face in public, abortion is accomplishing the goals of which racism only once dreamed. Together, abortionists are destroying humanity at large and the black community in particular. Votes: 2

What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory loans. While the bankers wear three-piece suits and don't break the knee caps of those who can't pay back, they still are destroying people's lives. Votes: 2

We Protestants automatically assume that the Pharisees are the Catholics. They are the self-righteous people who have made Christianity a form of legalistic religion, thereby destroying the free grace of the Gospel. We Protestants are the tax collectors, knowing that we are sinners and that our lives depend upon God's free grace. Votes: 2

If you and I desire the blessings of life, of health, of vigor of body and mind; if we desire the destroying angel to pass us by, as he did in the days of the children of Israel, we must obey the Word of Wisdom; then God is bound, and the blessing shall come to us. Votes: 2

If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. Votes: 2

Obamacare is destroying America. Votes: 0

Capitalism is destroying the earth. Votes: 0

Militaristic foreign policy is destroying America. Votes: 0

Why do you insist upon destroying yourself? Votes: 0

Stop destroying the landscape with your outfit. Votes: 0

Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself. Votes: 0

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition. Votes: 0

We're destroying the planet, and the planet rebels. Votes: 0

Love creates an "us" without destroying the "me". Votes: 0

We are destroying capitalism to pay for socialism. Votes: 0

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. Votes: 0

Technology is always creating jobs. It's always destroying jobs. Votes: 0

Today, the tide has turned, we are destroying them. Votes: 0

Wars cannot be won by destroying women and children Votes: 0

Don't visualize beating the keeper, visualize destroying the keeper. Votes: 0

I wish I could have built without destroying things. Votes: 0

It's not an investment if its destroying the planet. Votes: 0

I suppose I'm the one responsible for destroying myself. Votes: 0

You see, freedom has a way of destroying things. Votes: 0

Creating is always so much more stimulating than destroying. Votes: 0

I never had a spirit-breaking, soul-destroying religion drummed into me. Votes: 0

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying. Votes: 0

You can't run away from home without destroying somebody's world. Votes: 0

We are the only species systematically destroying its own habitat. Votes: 0

The minute you start keeping score, you're destroying the relationship. Votes: 0

We're destroying our water supplies like you can't even imagine. Votes: 0

You can grow without destroying the things that you love. Votes: 0

The pervasiveness of guns in our society is destroying America. Votes: 0

Art is the only power capable of destroying the internet. Votes: 0

You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. Votes: 0

You can't cage an eagle for long without destroying it. Votes: 0

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love. Votes: 0

The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying.... Votes: 0

The most life destroying word of all is the word tomorrow. Votes: 0

It wasn't so much destroying my dancing, it was destroying me. Votes: 0

No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself. Votes: 0

We don't need the Nazis to destroy us. We're destroying ourselves Votes: 0

It is destroying me that I cannot ask you to dance. Votes: 0

Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself. Votes: 0

The conservatives nearly always tolerate the demagogue while he is destroying liberals. Votes: 0

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence. Votes: 0

Obamacare is destroying our businesses, our small business and our big businesses. Votes: 0

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles. Votes: 0

I don't believe in destroying GOOD mysteries or adding to BAD reputations. Votes: 0

We butchered the force present at the airport, we are destroying them. Votes: 0

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself. Votes: 0

A scholar can hardly be better employed than in destroying a fear. Votes: 0

For instance, in the name of unity. You can't build without destroying. Votes: 0

The Lybian army is capable of destroying America and breaking its nose. Votes: 0

An editor is someone dedicated to destroying the work of a creator. Votes: 0

We have once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create. Votes: 0

For too many of us ease is far more soul-destroying than trouble. Votes: 0

Love has triumphed over marriage but now it is destroying it from inside Votes: 0

Forgiveness doesn't excuse their actions. Forgiveness stops their actions from destroying your heart. Votes: 0

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence. Votes: 0

Technology has always been destroying jobs, and it has always been creating jobs. Votes: 0

Even if we are destroying this planet, we are playing our role perfectly. Votes: 0

By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many. Votes: 0

As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species. Votes: 0

The movie industry is brutal. It is dangerous. It is, for most, soul destroying. Votes: 0

Acne may be good at destroying self-confidence, but Proactiv+ is good at destroying acne. Votes: 0

Bad jokes and gay marriage are destroying this country. But torture can save it. Votes: 0

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span. Votes: 0

Capitalism is destroying Mother Earth, and to destroy Mother Earth is to destroy humanity. Votes: 0

Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I'm destroying myself. Votes: 0

Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down. Votes: 0

We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves. Votes: 0

For, in truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying Votes: 0

Obama is a human wrecking ball single-handedly destroying our economy and bankrupting the nation. Votes: 0

Having a few companies controlling everything we read, see or hear is destroying our culture. Votes: 0

The problem of destroying enemy rockets in flight has been successfully solved in our country. Votes: 0

Compassion for the mother is extremely important, but is never served through destroying the innocent. Votes: 0

Never glorify anger; as anger is only destructive! You can never be happy destroying something!" Votes: 0

It's this mingling of the economic and political elite which is really destroying our democracy. Votes: 0

A single blow must destroy the enemy... without regard of losses... a gigantic all-destroying blow. Votes: 0

Because we're not in harmony with the environment, we're destroying the environment that supports us. Votes: 0

Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life. Votes: 0

The modern world... has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything. Votes: 0

Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour. Votes: 0

The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind Votes: 0

I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense. Votes: 0

I thought, we can't keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way. Votes: 0

TV holds a close second to cars for destroying our society. It's a failed experiment. Votes: 0

If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country. Votes: 0

Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us. Votes: 0

The Space Shuttle is the most effective device known to man for destroying dollar bills. Votes: 0

A nation that does not provide a proper education for women is destroying their nation. Votes: 0

Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without destroying the other. Votes: 0

Typographical laziness was slowly destroying our culture, according to Lexa and her pals. Inexactitude was death. Votes: 0

The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. Votes: 0

Being in permanent campaign mode allows you to never stop the process of destroying your opponents. Votes: 0

Being in permanent campaign mode allows you to never stop the process of destroying your opponents. Votes: 0

If you can get good at destroying your own wrong ideas, that is a great gift. Votes: 0

I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying. Votes: 0

Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes. Votes: 0

Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale... from hell's heart I stab at thee. Votes: 0

Next to bombing, rent control is the most effective technique so far known for destroying cities. Votes: 0

You cannot seriously address the destruction of wilderness without addressing the society that is destroying it. Votes: 0

[Bashar] Assad has made a series of choices ever since then that is literally destroying his country. Votes: 0

But if a few awake, you can't say there is no hope of destroying the iron house. Votes: 0

There is no faster way of destroying a man, or mocking his ideas, than making him fashionable. Votes: 0

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

Two powerful factors which creates difference between destroying your relationship and deepening it are EGO and Attitude Votes: 0

Fire and ice, somehow existing together without destroying each other. More proof that I belonged with him. Votes: 0

Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last. Votes: 0

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth Votes: 0

Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch. Votes: 0

I wish I could, instead of destroying things like that, I wish I could build, build, build. Votes: 0

The most effective way of destroying art is the canonization of one given form. And one philosophy. Votes: 0

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference. Votes: 0

There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs Votes: 0

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without? Votes: 0

There are millions of animal species but, man is the only animal capable of destroying them all. Votes: 0

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own. Votes: 0

America has been hit by Allah at its most vulnerable point, destroying, thank God, its most prestigious buildings. Votes: 0

...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself. Votes: 0

Inaction, letting be, neither creating nor destroying--that is my evil. And also the knower as one without desire. Votes: 0

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish. Votes: 0

The sun is our father, the earth is our mother. And God is a myth destroying our family. Votes: 0

We're destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it's about destroying value. Votes: 0

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. Votes: 0

I'm the god of war, the resurrector of the horror-core. The carnivore, destroying you wasn't hard at all Votes: 0

Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful. Votes: 0

The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it. Votes: 0

The greatest honor of a man is in doing good to his fellow men, not in destroying them. Votes: 0

Love, even of the most ardent and soul-destroying kind, is never caught by the lens of the camera. Votes: 0

I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things. Votes: 0

I think we are destroying the minds of America and that has been one of my lifelong ambitions. Votes: 0

Perhaps the biggest obstacle in destroying white supremacy is the hatred and hostility that Africans have for each other. Votes: 0

Good digestions, the gray monotony of provincial life, and the boredom-ah the soul-destroying boredom-of long days of mild content. Votes: 0

My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separate what seems real from what seems fantastic. Votes: 0

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. Votes: 0

California is maybe the richest place in the world. They're destroying the best public education system in the world. Votes: 0

Inflation has ... become the cruelest tax, destroying the value of the dollar and adding new costs to every purchase. Votes: 0

It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh. Votes: 0

Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny. Votes: 0

When we were monkeys, we were more human because we were at least not destroying the nature those days! Votes: 0

Claiming that you are what you are not will obscure the strengths you do have while destroying your credibility. Votes: 0

We only have this one planet; we got to figure out how to live on it without destroying it. Votes: 0

We need to focus on destroying ISIL, but we shouldn't be the ones declaring that [Bashir] Assad must go. Votes: 0

If you get rid of a lot of the poseurs by destroying record companies, maybe it's a good trade-off. Votes: 0

My mum has never wanted me to have children. She thinks I would be destroying my life, even now. Votes: 0

I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything Votes: 0

I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything. Votes: 0

A geek is a person, male or female, with an abiding, obsessive, self-effacing, even self-destroying love for something besides status Votes: 0

Let's not forget we created that ideal middle class by destroying all of our industrial competitors during World War II. Votes: 0

Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. It won't kill everybody, but it would change the world dramatically. Votes: 0

The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray. Votes: 0

Hey, rock dude, are you destroying the house? Causing mayhem? Who’s a ferocious gargoyle? Stoney’s a ferocious gargoyle. Votes: 0

I'd been hurt, and in response I had acted violently, destroying a little of myself each time I did so. Votes: 0

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us. Votes: 0

A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying. Votes: 0

Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure. Votes: 0

I'm finished with destroying for a while. It's not like I'm running around saying, 'What else can I destroy?' Votes: 0

PiYo gives you hardcore definition, intense calorie burn, and allover strength—without weights, without jumps, and without destroying your body. Votes: 0

My big focus is China and OPEC and all of these countries that are just absolutely destroying the United States. Votes: 0

I laughed when I read about being born with two hearts, one of which is devoted only to destroying humanity. Votes: 0

But those with an evil heart seem to have a talent for destroying anything beautiful which is about to bloom. Votes: 0

I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve. Votes: 0

Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other. Votes: 0

The jean! The jean is the destructor. It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity! The jean must be stopped! Votes: 0

Capitalism is destroying the planet. The two old tricks that dug it out of past crises--War and Shopping--simply will not work. Votes: 0

There is nothing abstract about pain. It is specific, it is real, and, when it is intense, it is world destroying. Votes: 0

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. Votes: 0

We are destroying the world's greatest pharmacy. It is very important that we protect the rainforest in everything that we do. Votes: 0

Countering violent extremism and destroying ISIS must be done primarily by Muslim nations with the strong support of their global partners. Votes: 0

The growing possibility of our destroying ourselves and the world with our own neglect and excess is tragic and very real. Votes: 0

It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it. Votes: 0

Suppose that we believe what we are taught. . . . destroying the environment and militarizing outer space are rational policies . . . of institutional lunacy. Votes: 0

How lavish is Nature building, pulling down, creating, destroying, chasing every material particle from form to form, ever changing, ever beautiful. Votes: 0

I can't really see how anybody could be particularly optimistic about the future in general because we are destroying the planet. Votes: 0

Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection, and the base of a moral existence. Votes: 0

The power of the State must be invoked for restoring economic freedom just as it has been invoked for destroying economic freedom. Votes: 0

It occurred to me then that I was the opposite of my father. Because I was very, very good at destroying things. Votes: 0

Whether you eat meat of not, you can be part of this decision to limit the meat industry destroying our planet's resources. Votes: 0

Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely. Votes: 0

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. Votes: 0

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it. Votes: 0

The frost which kills the harvest of a year saves the harvest of a century, by destroying the weevil or the locust. Votes: 0

This wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred. this monstrous product of former wrongs and shame. Votes: 0

Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship. Votes: 0

We've got to keep 6 billion people happy without destroying our planet. It's the biggest challenge we've ever faced....but we're taking it on. Votes: 0

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible. Votes: 0

[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion. Votes: 0

Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness Votes: 0

We are in the process of destroying an entire society. It is as simple and terrifying as that. It is illegal and immoral. Votes: 0

As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate. Votes: 0

If you want a higher power, go to the goddamn sun. Just go to the sun - and stop destroying the ozone layer. Votes: 0

As long as space abides and as long as the world abides, so long may I abide, destroying the sufferings of the world. Votes: 0

Creating the world we want is a much more subtle but more powerful mode of operation than destroying the one we don't want. Votes: 0

Islam came to teach us that there is no faith without intelligence and here we are: destroying our intelligence in the name of faith. Votes: 0

There is iconoclasm in the excessively intellectual, and they delight in destroying their dearest moral or sentimental idols, the better to prove their strength. Votes: 0

Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face. Votes: 0

I don't need to make money destroying my environment. Why don't I just love it and figure out a way to be more sustainable? Votes: 0

Kindness is as simple as being grateful for the love anyone has shown you, by not destroying them because it isn't on your terms. Votes: 0

Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task. Votes: 0

Mankind, I hazard, wherever found, Civilized or Savage, cannot keep to any purpose for much length of time, except the purpose of destroying himself. Votes: 0

Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have. Votes: 0

Some people like destroying for the hell of it; they love destroying beauty; they try to feel those people and then crack the egg. Votes: 0

I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral. Votes: 0

I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral. Votes: 0

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized. Votes: 0

No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when they please. Votes: 0

Life is so fluid that one can only hope to capture the living moment, to capture it alive and fresh ... without destroying that moment. Votes: 0

Liberty and security are often in direct confrontation and must be balanced in a way that protects us without destroying what is worth protecting. Votes: 0

The news is not about news anymore. It's about protecting some people, destroying others and shoving a socialist agenda down the collective throats of America. Votes: 0

The risk of an all-out nuclear holocaust destroying all life on the planet has diminished, but the danger of actual nuclear weapons use has increased. Votes: 0

I do not need help destroying my relationship. I was raised by my father. I've completed a thirty-year seminar on the power of destroying relationships. Votes: 0

Competition for the sake not of destroying one another, but for the sake of bettering and improving both competitors as a result of the competition. Votes: 0

We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do not include destroying human embryos. Votes: 0

Regrets are something you can't really have as an actor, because ultimately you'll end up destroying yourself there's a lot of disappointment in this business. Votes: 0

We see how capitalism is destroying Mother Earth. I remain convinced that the Earth can exist without man but man cannot live without the Earth. Votes: 0

I love stories about people who are smart enough to know that what they're doing is destroying them, but that knowing that doesn't help them. Votes: 0

Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman. He feels he is not valued so he will risk destroying himself to deprive her altogether. Votes: 0

Natural events have completely destroyed this planet on numerous occasions in the past, and just like them we are a natural event destroying this planet. Votes: 0

The doctor who willingly accepts destroying life will have no grounds on which to object if the state should compel that doctor to destroy life, Votes: 0

The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses. Votes: 0

It was tremendously exciting to discover that science was not destroying religion, as people popularly believe, but that it could cast light on theism and Christianity. Votes: 0

And, these Islamic fundamentalists, these radical terrorists, these Middle Eastern monsters are committed to destroying the Jewish nation, driving her into the Mediterranean, conquering the world. Votes: 0

I slowly continued to compensate for the physical problems I was having and ended up completely destroying my swing, my set-up, my posture. Everything was gone. Votes: 0

Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying the only home we have. Votes: 0

I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths. Votes: 0

[I] never thought too highly of anyone foolish enough to take on the nickname of a life-destroying dope product and promote such family-destroying conduct on stage. Votes: 0

Make no mistake, the Republican establishment has been relying on the media to be a premier agent in destroying Trump. And they can't. Ergo, there's panic. Votes: 0

One can't predict the future, that maybe our training and their fighting capabilities are improving and we are going to make some progress in destroying ISIS. Votes: 0

Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Many legal experts note that prosecutors regularly seek indictments of people or companies for destroying evidence or impeding investigations, even if they cannot prove other charges. Votes: 0

Time is, in fact, a cross to bear, it passes on inexorably and remorselessly, destroying everything in its wake, save art and works of the intellect. Votes: 0

The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every past mistake and regret. Votes: 0

The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs. Votes: 0

You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand that. Votes: 0

We can learn what we did not know. We are not only good at destroying the Old World, we are also good at building the new. Votes: 0

The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs. Votes: 0

This problem - it is age old. To do what is right and save the day without destroying the very thing the day is lived for. Votes: 0

Time is a dream ... a destroying dream; It lays great cities in dust, it fills the seas; It covers the face of beauty, and tumbles walls. Votes: 0

The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years. Votes: 0

Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of leisure. Votes: 0

We're not destroying the world because we're clumsy. We're destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it. Votes: 0

There are two ways of destroying a people. Either condemn them en bloc or force them to repudiate the leaders they adopted. The second is the worse. Votes: 0

Even if I screw up in my personal life, as long as I'm not destroying myself, I just think, "Okay, I screwed up." I'm not Mother Theresa. Votes: 0

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshipping. Votes: 0

MISERABLERelease the toxic and infectious-Spreaders of misery,Souls destroying souls-And poisonous liars.Awaken from the hallucinations-And take back your heart.Reclaim your self-esteem-And leave the toxic be. Votes: 0

The enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield. We must stop him in the water, destroying all his equipment while it is still afloat! Votes: 0

Magic could not be measured and explained in scientific terms, for magic grew through destroying the very natural principles that made science as people knew it impossible. Votes: 0

War was the ultimate chaos, a pounding, soul-destroying snarl, ending in blown-apart men lying unburied on the cold earth. There was nothing more cosmically chaotic than war. Votes: 0

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. Votes: 0

I'm not much of a crier but it is mildly soul-destroying and exposing to do something physical that you are terrible at in front of other people. Votes: 0

The Communists have for decades loudly proclaimed their goal of destroying the bourgeois world, while the West merely smiled at what seemed to be an extravagant joke. Votes: 0

When we judge, we are pushing people away; we are creating a wall, a barrier. When we forgive we are destroying barriers, we come closer to others. Votes: 0

Nothing is costed properly and it's destroying the earth. We need to re-educate people that what is good for the planet is good for the financial system. Votes: 0

Republicans stand by their convictions. Stupid, ignorant, world-destroying convictions based on disproven economic fantasies and ancient books full of primitive morality and magic people. But convictions, nonetheless. Votes: 0

The people who are running this planet are insane - they are literally destroying it. I don't know where they think they're gonna drink water, breathe air. Votes: 0

People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country. Votes: 0

Instead of destroying an area for a paltry amount of oil, we should be increasing fuel standards for automobiles and focusing our efforts on biofuels and other alternatives. Votes: 0

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself. Votes: 0

Repeatedly asking for government help undermines the foundations of society by destroying initiative and responsibility. It is also a fatal blow to efficiency and corrupts the political process. Votes: 0

We'll be able to have very intelligent, little robots with computers going inside our bloodstream, keeping us healthy from inside, destroying cancer at the level of one cell. Votes: 0

My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal system and corrupting the police system. Votes: 0

Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destroying, as the absence of heroes. Votes: 0

We cannot alter the essential shape of a single letter without at the same time destroying the familiar printed face of our language, and thereby rendering it useless. Votes: 0

The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession. Votes: 0

The media has a formula, they have a blueprint for destroying Republican political officials they don't like. It's not gonna work on Trump. He doesn't fit that mold. Votes: 0

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time. Votes: 0

I'm an obvious example of how everyone is spiraling out of control on the show and just trying to live life the best they can without destroying themselves. Votes: 0

If you're looking for a slick politician or a guy with great teleprompter skills, we already have that. He's destroying our economy. I'm a doer, not a talker. Votes: 0

. . . the sin of abortion, or the destruction of unborn children - lies somewhere a close kin to the crime of destroying human life and certainly to be condemned. Votes: 0

There are many alternatives to embryonic stem cell research, alternatives with great potential. We need to support these and oppose creating life for the sole purpose of destroying it. Votes: 0

Anybody can claim to be a member of the ALF when rescuing animals, destroying "tools of torture" (such as research equipment) or financially depleting a corporation that abuses animals. Votes: 0

On the left-hand side of the field equation we may add the fundamental tensor guv, multiplied by a universal constant, -λ, at present unknown, without destroying the general covariance. Votes: 0

On the left-hand side of the field equation we may add the fundamental tensor guv, multiplied by a universal constant, -λ, at present unknown, without destroying the general covariance. Votes: 0

I can never feel that setting fire to houses and churches and litter boxes and destroying valuable pictures really helps to convince people that women ought to be enfranchised. Votes: 0

The future is religion and commerce, aphrodisiac and Benzedrine, a mother of mysterious comfort and a mistress of familiar ravishments ever on the verge of embracing or destroying us. Votes: 0

The English are probably more capable than most peoples of making revolutionary change without bloodshed. In England, if anywhere,it would be possible to abolish poverty without destroying liberty. Votes: 0

We're fighting against humanism, we're fighting against liberalism...we are fighting against all the systems of Satan that are destroying our nation today...our battle is with Satan himself. Votes: 0

Singapore was the very first South-east Asian nation to join the global coalition against ISIL (ISIS) coalition, and we'll work to sustain our momentum in destroying that terrorist organisation. Votes: 0

Americans threw away their communities in order to save a few dollars on hair dryers and plastic food storage tubs, never stopping to reflect on what they were destroying. Votes: 0

Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women? Votes: 0

You don't need someone destroying you when your own people are the worst messengers possible. And this is what black people in America have not come to grips with. Votes: 0

We've heard that the hookup culture is destroying us. We've heard that it's saving us. We've heard that it's racist. We've agonized over which one of these is true. Votes: 0

The number of people my age, younger now, a whole generation younger, who are fiercely bright, over-educated, under-employed and who are politicised and purposeless really upsets me. It's soul-destroying. Votes: 0

With intelligence and humility and dedication as our ammunition, we can wage the peace throughout the world with a strength beyond armies, destroying nothing except hate and greed and distrust. Votes: 0

The freethinker has the same right to discredit the beliefs of Christians that the Orthodox Christians enjoy in destroying reverence, respect, and confidence in Mohammedanism, Mormonism, Christian Science, or Atheism. Votes: 0

To pretend that civilization can exist without destroying its own landbase and the landbases and cultures of others is to be entirely ignorant of history, biology, thermodynamics, morality, and self-preservation. Votes: 0

It's not Africa that is destroying the African rainforest, it's selling concessions to timber companies that are not African, they are from the developed world - Japan, America, Germany, Britain. Votes: 0

The cities make ferocious men because they may corrupt man. The mountain, the sea, the forest, make savage men; they development fierce side, but often without destroying the humane side. Votes: 0

The one man more responsible for destroying the Democratic centrist revival, for throwing away the Clinton legacy, and for suicidally pitching his party to the populist left was Al Gore Votes: 0

All the forms of double taxation in the current system are punitive and self-destructive because they are literally destroying people's incentive to provide that seed corn for future economic growth. Votes: 0

I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the future from our Arctic resources without destroying the environment on which it is all based. Votes: 0

I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying. Votes: 0

I spend most of my waking hours confronting and destroying things that I fear. A thousand-year-old master vampire was a tall order, but a girl's got to have a goal. Votes: 0

The state sovereignty is key here in the Electoral College - and if you're going to start divvying up the power of each state's elections, you are destroying state sovereignty. Votes: 0

The state sovereignty is key here in the Electoral College - and if you're going to start divvying up the power of each state's elections, you are destroying state sovereignty. Votes: 0

The only thing not worth destroying is science. That would be useless. Science is unchangeable, and if you destroyed it today, it would rise up again the same as before. Votes: 0

When I begin, theoretically and practically I can smear anything I want on the canvas. Then there's a condition I have to react to, by changing it or destroying it. Votes: 0

I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours. Votes: 0

Why do so many people chose to spend their whole life destroying paths they didn't even want to follow, instead of following the one path that would lead them somewhere. Votes: 0

Kids born today will see us navigate past the first greatest test of humanity, which is: can we actually be smart enough to live on a planet without destroying it? Votes: 0

Nature is telling us that if you don't respect the environment then you are living with artificial needs and a consumerism that is destroying the very conditions we need to survive. Votes: 0

One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e., the nonliving, the anti-abortionists obliterate the rights of the living. Votes: 0

We don't discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself. Votes: 0

Power, people are obsessed with it. You can take a nice person and turn them into a slob, into an insane being, craving power, destroying anything that stands in their way. Votes: 0

Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design. Votes: 0

Power, people are obsessed with it. You can take a nice person and turn them into a slob, into an insane being, craving power, destroying anything that stands in their way. Votes: 0

When you become a sannyasin, I initiate you into freedom, and into nothing else... I am destroying your ideologies, creeds, cults, dogmas, and I am not replacing them with anything else. Votes: 0

If we moved from industrialized agriculture to re-localized organic agriculture, we could sequester about one quarter of the carbon moving into the air and destroying our glaciers, oceans, forests and lands. Votes: 0

Actually, I never really look at myself as a real radical activist; I am more the conservative. I mean, the conservatives are trying to conserve; the radicals are destroying the planet. Votes: 0

You can't destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America's elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and about half the time, you're doing us a favor. Votes: 0

The only thing on my mind is getting into that ring and destroying a boxing myth, someone who has reached a level of infamy through doing a number of stupid things. Votes: 0

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain and gaining new and wider views. Votes: 0

We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model: We must go from capitalism to socialism. Votes: 0

We tend to think of the Faustian man, the one who fabricates, manipulates, seduces and ends up destroying. But the new image will be man the creator, the artist, the player. Votes: 0

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men's hands, since that wouldn't change anything about the world. It's a question precisely of destroying that notion of power. Votes: 0

Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power. Votes: 0

For many years eagerly thought by your enemy to destroying your life, it's all one second of mastery for you to save your life from his deadly plans, for you to survive. Votes: 0

If you look at how we are destroying and disrespecting Creation it is obvious that is something is not clear in our understanding. We overemphasize rules but we don't understand the objective. Votes: 0

The three major mother gods of the Eastern populations seemed to be generating and destroying entities at the same time; both goddesses of life and fertility as well as goddesses of death. Votes: 0

Super PACs and a corrupt campaign finance system are destroying American democracy. We're proud that we have received four million individual contributions, more than any candidate in American history at this point. Votes: 0

If we allow the destruction of the environment, we can see the terrorists have utterly won, and are destroying the future of our children and grandchildren. We must not let that happen. Votes: 0

A society that destroys the environment that supports it, I would not consider to be intelligent life. It's like the cancer that ultimately kills itself by destroying the host it feeds on. Votes: 0

Profanity is filthiness. A person is known as much by his language as he is by the company he keeps...Filthiness in any form is degrading and soul-destroying and should be avoided. Votes: 0

The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room; only one activity: clearing away ... The destructive character is young and cheerful. For destroying rejuvenates in clearing away traces of our own age ... Votes: 0

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. Votes: 0

Political rule is so natural and necessary to the human race that it cannot be withdrawn without destroying nature itself; for the nature of man is such that he is a social animal. Votes: 0

The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense and half-truth without cease ends by destroying Intellect Votes: 0

There is far too much talk of love and grief benumbing the faculties, turning the hair gray, and destroying a man's interest in his work. Grief has made many a man look younger. Votes: 0

A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what's high and low, or what's deep or what's shallow, complex or simple. I hope I'm ever-changing. Votes: 0

The U.S. invaded the wrong country, destroying an odious government that was not responsible for 9/11. I don't know how you recover from invading the wrong country, no matter how you spin it. Votes: 0

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions. Votes: 0

I suspect people who are indecisive are people who are far too enamored of analysis in all settings and are destroying their ability to make an instinctive judgment through over-analysis and that's dangerous. Votes: 0

This is a hallmark trait of the left. There is never any effort to elevate anybody. Liberalism is all about tearing down. Liberalism is all about lowering. It is all about destroying 'em. Votes: 0

This is a hallmark trait of the left. There is never any effort to elevate anybody. Liberalism is all about tearing down. Liberalism is all about lowering. It is all about destroying 'em. Votes: 0

I think all of us are living in denial of our spiritual nature as we continue to participate in the material world even though we know we're destroying the planet we live on. Votes: 0

I love scuba diving. I'm an avid diver. And, there's this beautiful world that's more incredible than any CGI film we could ever make, that we're destroying, for what? It's heartbreaking to me. Votes: 0

Every day, TV, newspapers, and the Internet bombard us with a message that we're destroying the earth. Ice caps are melting, rivers are dying, polar bears are drowning, and trees are doing something. Votes: 0

This book out-lives, out-loves, out-fits, out-lasts, out-reaches, out-runs, and out-ranks all books. This book is faith producing. It is hope awakening. It is death destroying, and those who embrace it find forgiveness of sin. Votes: 0

We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources. Votes: 0

As long as we continue to fight in between the jamming with all we have to save America from the current suicidal deathwish of the corrupt, criminal punks intentionally destroying the last best place. Votes: 0

When I saw the embryo, I suddenly realized there was such a small difference between it and my daughters. I thought, we can't keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way. Votes: 0

I hear it's better to use animal products than synthetics, which are harmful to humans and the earth... but destroying one segment of the creation to allegedly save another is the idea of fools!!! Votes: 0

A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two, something that we cannot share without destroying our inner landscape. Votes: 0

Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well. Votes: 0

The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at a horrific rate. We must understand that we can't buy it back. Votes: 0

Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in believers, that it shall not obtain its end and dominion. Votes: 0

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of. Votes: 0

He wanted that again, that feeling of standing with her against all odds and succeeding. He wanted it so bad, he was going to risk destroying everything he and his father had worked for. Votes: 0

Whoever, to whatever purpose or extent, initiates the use of force, is a killer acting on the premise of death in a manner wider than murder: the premise of destroying man's capacity to live. Votes: 0

I cannot remember much, I cannot feel much. Maybe erasure is necessary. Maybe the human spirit defends itself as the body does, attacking infection, enveloping and destroying those malignancies that would otherwise consume us. Votes: 0

The heart of man ever finds a constant succession of passions, so that the destroying and pulling down of one proves generally tobe nothing else but the production and the setting up of another. Votes: 0

We have the most liberal, the most leftist candidate who has ever run for president in my lifetime; he's a sitting duck. This guy's policies are aimed at destroying the age of American greatness. Votes: 0

When you look around the world, every place that socialism has been implemented, it has failed miserably, destroying the economy, freedom and - in Germany, the Soviet Union and other nations - millions of lives. Votes: 0

We must ensure that these acts of terror do not accomplish in a slow burn what the fires of the World Trade Center and Pentagon could not - subversively destroying the foundation of our democracy. Votes: 0

While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people. Votes: 0

The media is putting a lot of emphasis on the few people that are destroying, while it won't report on the silent majority of people who are constructing, building and trying to find their way. Votes: 0

There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating. Votes: 0

The US Army has announced that although it is true they performed mind-destroying drug tests on hundreds of soldiers in the 1960s, none of the victims have been promoted beyond the rank of lieutenant colonel. Votes: 0

Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums who find prison so soul-destroying. Votes: 0

The practices of Yoga will help you maintain equanimity in all situations by teaching you to become transparent, able to allow both joy and sorrow to flow through you without destroying your peace of mind. Votes: 0

I can't imagine something being beautiful at this point in history if it's destroying the planet or causing children to get sick. How can anything be beautiful if it's not ecologically intelligent at this point? Votes: 0