Damage Quotes - Page 39

• It took me far too long to realize that lost years and relationships cannot be recovered. That damage done to oneself and others cannot always be put right again.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Years, Long, Done

  Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). “An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness”, p.10, Pan Macmillan

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• Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.

  Veronica Roth

  Moving On, Hope, Hard Times

  "Allegiant". Book by Veronica Roth, p. 526, 2013.

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• There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Adversity, Men, Two

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• Exercise can't counteract the damage being done to your body while you continue to smoke. What exercise can do is help you kick the habit.

  Kenneth H. Cooper

  Exercise, Smoking, Done

  Kenneth H. Cooper (1986). “Running without fear: how to reduce the risk of heart attack and sudden death during aerobic exercise”, Bantam

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• I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.

  H. L. Mencken

  Believe, Thinking, Religion

  "What I Believe". "The Forum", 84, (p. 139), September 1930.

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• I regard belief as a form of brain damage.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Brain, Religion, Belief

  "Your Religious Upbringing Doesn't Make Your Religion True or False" by Dan Delzell, www.christianpost.com. December 6, 2015.

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• 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.

  Alice Walker

  Wise, Earth Day, Spirit

  Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.256, Hachette UK

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• The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us human. To damage this community is to diminish our own existence.

  Thomas Berry

  Community, World, Sacred

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• There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.

  Thomas Sowell

  Stupid, Creating, People

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.98, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.

  Adrienne Rich

  Purpose, Done, Maps

  "Diving into the Wreck" l. 51 (1973)

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• A: Snowden has enough information to cause more damage to the US government in a minute alone than anyone else has ever had in the history of the United States. But that's not his goal. [His] objective is to expose software that people around the world use without knowing what they are exposing themselves without consciously agreeing to surrender their rights to privacy. [He] has a huge number of documents that would be very harmful to the US government if they were made public.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Rights, Government, Numbers

  "About the Reuters article" by Glenn Greenwald, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2013.

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• Humans have made a huge hole in nature in the last 10,000 years. [With de-extinction,] we have the ability now, and maybe the moral obligation, to repair some of the damage.

  Stewart Brand

  Years, Extinction, Lasts

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• Child abuse damages a person for life and that damage is in no way diminished by the ignorance of the perpetrator. It is only with the uncovering of the complete truth as it affects all those involved that a genuinely viable solution can be found to the dangers of child abuse.

  Alice Miller

  Children, Ignorance, Abuse

  Alice Miller (2012). “Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries”, p.165, Anchor

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• Those of us who have seen violent death up close, who have seen what high-powered bullets can do to living human tissue, have a horror of inflicting that nightmarish, never forgotten damage on a fellow human being. Perhaps the only more terrifying prospect is that such a fate should befall us or our loved ones. This is why we, a representative cross-section of America's population, keep deadly weapons for personal defense.

  Massad Ayoob

  Fate, America, Tissues

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• I don't believe anything I write or say. I regard belief as a form of brain damage, the death of intelligence, the fracture of creativity, the atrophy of imagination. I have opinions but no Belief System (B.S.)

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Believe, Writing, Creativity

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• Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.

  David Suzuki

  Brain, Economics, Form

  "David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin form an unlikely alliance" by Monique Beaudin, montrealgazette.com. November 4, 2012.

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• I lose my temper, but it's all over in a minute," said the student. "So is the hydrogen bomb," I replied. "But think of the damage it produces!

  George Sweeting

  Anger, Thinking, Hydrogen Bomb

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• I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.

  Archilochus

  Art, Hurt, Warrior

  "Quotations for Martial Artists : Hundreds of Inspirational Quotes to Motivate and Enlighten the Modern Warrior". Book edited by John D. Moore, 2003.

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• I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is fighting incredibly important battles. If a negative story starts running away with itself in the press and is not dealt with fast, it can badly damage the brand, and so we put enormous weight on our PR people.

  Richard Branson

  Running, Fighting, Order

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• Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success. A poor team structure can increase development time, reduce quality, damage morale, increase turnover, and ultimately lead to project cancellation.

  Steve McConnell

  Teamwork, Hard Work, People

  Steve McConnell (1996). “Rapid Development”, p.297, Microsoft Press

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• Nobody can do as much damage to the church of God as the man who is within its walls, but not within its life.

  Charles Spurgeon

  God, Faith, Christian

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1112, Barbour Publishing

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• It's ridiculous that we continue to incarcerate anyone for using a substance that actually causes far less damage than alcohol. No one goes out looking for fights on marijuana. No one dies from marijuana intoxication. And no one should be jailed for possessing marijuana.

  Susan Sarandon

  Fighting, Marijuana, Alcohol

  "Colorado Was Just the Beginning" by Susan Sarandon, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2013.

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• It's good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.

  Nicole Kidman

  Distance, Littles, Too Much

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Oct 26, 2016

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• The challenge of yoga is to go beyond our limits - within reason. We continually expand the frame of the mind by using the canvas of the body. It is as if you were to stretch a canvas more and create a larger surface for a painting. But we must respect the present form of our body. If you pull too much at once, we will rip the canvas. If the practice of today damages the practice of tomorrow, it is not correct practice.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Rip, Yoga, Practice

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• When someone is unrelentingly critical of you, always finds fault, can never be pleased, and blames you for everything that goes wrong, it is the insidious nature and cumulative effects of the abuse that do the damage. Over time, this type of abuse eats away at your self-confidence and sense of self-worth, undermining any good feelings you have about yourself and about your accomplishments .

  Beverly Engel

  Self Confidence, Self Worth, Accomplishment

  Beverly Engel (2002). “The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

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