Quotes About Devastating

Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime.

The decision in McCutcheon v. FEC is a devastating blow in efforts to rein in out-of-control costs of campaigns.

I lost my brother when he was 30, and that was devastating for me. I don't know if I will ever get over it.

I was trying to come round to the idea that there might be an invisible reality capable of interfering in our lives, but the only reason I did so was because of a love I didn't want to believe I felt but which was continuing to grow in a subtle, devastating way. I was content in my universe and didn't want to change it at all, even though I was being propelled in that direction.

When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment.

proves to be a devastating hunter. Hyenas attack

Ah, well." He smiled-another one of those devastatingly intoxicating smiles that did unreasonable things to her body temperature and respiration. With a nod and a respectful, "Ma'am," he left her in the middle of the room. Feeling like she'd been hit by a tank.

It's kind of devastating." She paused. "And, Madeline, it infuriates me that I found it so devastating. It infuriates me that he had that power over me. I look in the mirror each day, and I think, 'I'm not overweight anymore,' but he's right, I'm still ugly. Intellectually I know I'm not ugly, I'm perfectly acceptable. But I feel ugly, because one man said it was so, and that made it so. It's pathetic.

The visit has unveiled the mystery of this man's devastating ambivalence years ago, but she could have done without his but-for-the-grace-of-God relief as he hugged her goodbye.

The visit had unveiled the mystery of this man's devastating ambivalence years ago, but she could have done without his but-for-the-grace-of-God relief as he hugged her goodbye.

indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.

But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.

Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.

There is a version of Alzheimer's which is early onset Alzheimer's. And it's - it's horrible, because people do get it in their 50s and 60s. And it's terrible.

Each revelation was devastating. Everything she said. And yet, even as my life shattered in pieces, I felt as if I were finally coming up for air.

I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.

Incredibly, inordinately, devastatingly, immortally, calamitously, hearteningly, adorably beautiful.

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

Of all weapons, love is the most deadly and devastating, and few there be who dare trust their fate in its hands.

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.

The story of the fall tells us that sin corrupts: it puts asunder what God had joined together and joins together what God had put asunder. Like some devastating twister, corruption both explodes and implodes creation, pushing it back toward the "formless void" from which it came.

I think societal instinct much deeper than sex instinct — and societal repression much more devastating.

Defeat is always devastating. But it is never more crushing than when it comes after you believe you have won.

Jon Jones is a great champion, but me in my prime, I was devastating. I was vicious. Nobody could stop me. Of course I could beat him in my prime.