Quotes about Destruction

45 quotes about Destruction

How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good Earth is our Mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves?

Quote by Paul Bigelow Sears about destruction

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save...

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about destruction

We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about destruction

It's difficult to destroy a good concert. The quality of...

It's difficult to destroy a good concert. The quality of the recording doesn't matter if it's a really good concert.

Quote by Derek Bailey about destruction

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

Quote by Joseph Addison about destruction

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Quote by Aesop about destruction

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Quote by Aesop about destruction

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Quote by Aesop about destruction

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy...

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about destruction

Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilised world and will be confronted.

Quote by George W. Bush about destruction

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't...

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

Quote by George W. Bush about destruction

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to...

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

Quote by George W. Bush about destruction

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all...

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

Quote by Winston Churchill about destruction

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of...

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

Quote by Winston Churchill about destruction

What Oregon's suicide laws actually do is convey social...

What Oregon's suicide laws actually do is convey social approval to individuals contemplating self-destruction, and to their friends and relatives.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about destruction

My slate is clean. I didn't like the fact that he died, but it didn't destroy me. All the hate, anger, and angst I'd had about him over the years was gone.

Quote by Peter Fonda about destruction

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in...

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about destruction

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about destruction

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Quote by Frank Herbert about destruction

I do what I can to make young people understand that drugs can destroy their lives. I'm the perfect example of what people can accomplish when they have regained a sane body and spirit.

Quote by Don Johnson about destruction

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