Damage Quotes

• Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

  J. K. Rowling

  Relationship, Boyfriend, Husband

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• Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Respect, Integrity

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• Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Damage Is Done, Earth, Century

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• The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

  Sam Donaldson

  Answers, Media Training

  Sam Donaldson (1988). “Hold On, Mr. President”, Fawcett Books

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• Shoes and clothing damage our ability to survive naked in the wilderness.

  Steve Mann

  Shoes, Naked, Boots

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• Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

  Douglas Coupland

  Personality, Brain, Doe

  "Douglas Coupland: Everything Man". Interview with Ann Webb, www.rom.on.ca. January 16, 2015.

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• Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.

  Edward T. Hall

  People, Theatre, Experts

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• Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage.

  Jose Bergamin

  Spiritual, Drinking, Causes

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• I think it makes people in the Pentagon kind of nervous to know that chemical agents and environmental factors could cause so much damage in terms of what may happen in the future.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Environmental Factors, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian.

  Terry Southern

  Christian, Damage Control, Magic

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• Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

  Josephine Hart

  I Hate You, Adversity, People

  "Fictional character: Anna Barton". "Damage", www.imdb.com. 1992.

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• Considering the importance of resentment in our lives, and the damage it does, it receives scant attention from psychiatrists and psychologists. Resentment is a great rationalizer: it presents us with selected versions of our own past, so that we do not recognize our own mistakes and avoid the necessity to make painful choices.

  Theodore Dalrymple

  Mistake, Past, Choices

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• I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time.

  Lisa Marie Presley

  Hurt, Heart, Night

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• Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Issues, Looks, Injury

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• Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

  Rod Paige

  Character, Get Involved, Involved

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• Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons.

  Dorothy E. Denning

  Levels, May, Weapons

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• Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Memories, Intelligent, Doe

  Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.20, eKitap Projesi

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• Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your relationship with yourself.

  Joyce Meyer

  People, Complaining, Relationships With Others

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• All dogs can become aggressive, but the difference between an aggressive Chihuahua and an aggressive pit bull is that the pit bull can do more damage. That's why it's important to make sure you are a hundred percent ready for the responsibility if you own a 'power' breed, like a pit bull, German shepherd, or Rottweiler.

  Cesar Millan

  Dog, Responsibility, Differences

  "Cesar Millan Gives Us Some of His Most Surprising & Effective Dog-Training Tips". Interview with Kristin Julie Viola, www.sheknows.com. May 12, 2017.

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• I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure; not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Writing, Adventure, Challenges

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• The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the hidden costs of mining oil and transporting it to the U.S. Whenever you have an unpriced externality, you have a bit of a market failure, to the degree that eternality remains unpriced.

  Elon Musk

  Reality, Oil, Uranium Mining

  "Elon Musk: Refining Gas Uses More Electricity Than Electric Cars". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. October 26, 2011.

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• The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.

  Eliot Spitzer

  Opportunity, Impact, Carbon Emissions

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• A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to.

  George Soros

  People, Evil, World

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• I never did think I had brain damage.

  Leon Spinks

  Thinking, Brain

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• Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

  Margaret Chan

  Tobacco Industry, Profit, Produce

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