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Quotes About Destruction

People who care about records are always giving me a hard time. I mean, I would destroy records in performances, and break them, and whatever I could do to them to create a sound that was something else than just the sound that was in the groove.
~ Christian Marclay
My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build a nuclear bomb with so much force, so much power, that it will be dropped somewhere on the face of this earth and that the earth will lose its place.
~ Evel Knievel
'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.
~ Dolly Parton
After 'Hook,' it was so sad for all of us to watch the set get destroyed. We were at the end of 'Hook,' and we're walking off the Sony lot and we're literally seeing the boat get destroyed. That was the sad thing, seeing that go.
~ Dante Basco
It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
~ Oliver Tambo
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
~ Charles Caleb Colton
The destruction of the natural beauty, the ecosystems, and the majesty of mountains affect us in ways we're not even aware of. Every time a mountain is beheaded, we chop off a little part of our souls.
~ Gloria Reuben
God hates sin not because he wants us to be good little boys and girls, but because he knows sin destroys that which he loves most: sinners.
~ Criss Jami, Healology
And after that, I watched our house collapse in on itself and I spent some time lying in the rubble. Then I vanished completely. I wasn't here at all. Then you phoned.
~ Ali Smith
I will never forget seeing what hate can destroy… I will never forget seeing what love can heal…
~ Steve Maraboli
Humans seek connection above all else, and we are willing to destroy things to attain it.
~ Tarryn Fisher, F*ck Love
I may tear you apart but I'll put you back together.
~ Donna Schoenrock
The movie I was working on, "Cleopatra", it's about how destructive a force love can be. But maybe that's what every story is about.
~ Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins
We Destroy Because We HateWe Hate Because We FearWe Fear Because We Don't UnderstandWe Don't Understand Because We Won't LearnIlluminate your mind & Educate yourself!
~ Ja'son White
What a man loves may be his ruin, but what a man ruins he can never truly love.
~ Rhian J. Martin
How could you love something so destructive?" I ask."Because this wolf doesn't care if your heart is whole or not, " you say. "It tastes just the same.
~ Jonathan Messinger, Hiding Out
The seasons are colliding together, storms are destroying lives, and love is a dangerous curse.-The Vangeretta Curse
~ Christina Mobley
The FEAR OF CRITICISM is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the PLANNING and ACTION stage.
~ Napoleon Hill
Unfortunately, there is no legal protection against those who, either by design or ignorance, poison the minds of others by negative suggestion. This form of destruction should be punishable by heavy legal penalties, because it may and often does destroy one's chances of acquiring material things which are protected by law.
~ Napoleon Hill
The fear of poverty is, without doubt, the most destructive of the six basic fears. It has been placed at the head of the list because it is the most difficult to master.
~ Napoleon Hill
The man who builds a house is an artist; the man who tears it down is a junkman. If you are a person with a grievance the world will listen to your vitriolic "ravings," providing it does not "see you coming"; but, if you are a person with a message of friendliness and optimism, it will listen because it wishes to do so.
~ Napoleon Hill
Unfortunately, there is no legal protection against those who, either by design or ignorance, poison the minds of others by negative suggestion. This form of destruction should be punishable by heavy legal penalties, because it may and often does destroy one's chances of acquiring material things which are protected by law.
~ Napoleon Hill
Men destroy each other during war, themselves during peacetime.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
In general, positive Black Swans take time to show their effect while negative ones happen very quickly—it is much easier and much faster to destroy than to build.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb