Damage quotes
240 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"I suppose the story of my life is a search for love, but more than that, I have been looking for a way to repair myself from the damages I suffered early on and to define my obligation, if I had any, to myself and my species."
"Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung"
"The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail."
"We're going to have to do a whole lot more, and give nature at least a chance to repair some of the damage we've done."
"The calcium theory has probably done more to damage our health than any single theory in the history of humanity."
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"I want to be braver and more honest about my life. When you're sexually abused, there's a lot of damage."
"The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair the damage of the lumberman and also that of the forest-burner."
"But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair."
"Fixable but unfixed bad performance is bad character and tends to create more of itself, causing more damage to the excuse giver with each tolerated instance."
"We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to."
"According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another."
"Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage."
"I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the Earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable."
"I regard belief as a form of brain damage."
"Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault."
"I've seen the needle And the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie's Like a settin' sun."
"I told Kate I didn't love her in an argument. But I do! Those heated moments are the worst, because that's when you can do the most damage. And they're bad, because you always hit them in the spot where you know it hurts."
"Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage."
"Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will."
"I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my concentration but like much of my psychic damage, this worked to everyone's advantage."
"When my coach gives me a program, I damage it."
"The opinions of others cannot damage you."
"When we talk about the future, we often talk about it as damage and limitation exercise. That needn't be the case - it could be a Renaissance."
"The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and on the value of the dollar in exchange markets. The Nation can ill afford to allow such a result. The risks, the cost, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to but one conclusion: the Senate must pass this legislation before the Congress adjourns."
"You may not like my burglar, but please don't damage him."
