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Quotes About Damage

We injure those we love.
~ Anne Rice
It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mum. We doused the burning bush and cannot rekindle it; we are lighting matches in vain under every green tree.
~ Annie Dillard
It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave.
~ Annie Dillard
They broke things.
~ Scott Westerfeld
When we recognize the fraud for what it is, we feel incredibly stupid. Something more than our bank accounts is damaged—our egos are damaged. As a result, it's almost impossible for the marketer to regain our trust.
~ Seth Godin
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
~ Sharon Salzberg
If the Muslims of the 1520s acted out of ignorance and fanaticism, should Hindus act the same way in the 1980s? By doing what you propose to do, you will hurt the feelings of the Muslims of today, who did not perpetrate the injustices of the past and who are in no position to inflict injustice upon you today; you will provoke violence and rage against your own kind; you will tarnish the name of the Hindu people across the world; and you will irreparably damage your own cause. Is this worth it?
~ Shashi Tharoor
How could one sentence uttered in anger cause so much damage? But then words were the most powerful thing in the universe. Cuts and bruises always healed, but words spoken in anger were most often permanent. They didn't damage the body, they destroyed the spirit. (Acheron)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You're really not right, are you? Yeah, I know. It was all the paint chips I ate as a kid. They were good, but chromosomally damaging. (Nick)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Acheron: You're really not right, are you? Nick: Yeah. I know. It was all the paint chips I ate as a kid. They were good, but chromosomally damaging
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Look what you did. (Jericho snapped at Zarek.) I broke it. (Jericho)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
It's amazing the damage we do to ourselves and others when all we're trying to do is protect ourselves from being hurt.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Was there much damage done to your ship? (Nykyrian) No, not really. Just enough to seriously piss me off and ruin my suckass day. (Syn)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
What happened?" – Abigail "What always happens when preternatural powers are unleashed or go to war, and no one cares about the collateral damage during the battle. I lost my entire family in the blink of an eye. Buy hey, I saved a lot of money on not having to buy Christmas cards." – Sasha
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Cuts and bruises always healed, but words spoken in anger were most often permanent. They didn't damage the body, they destroyed the spirit.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival.
~ Elizabeth Cox
I don't mind being, in the public context, referred to as the inventor of the World Wide Web. What I like is that image to be separate from private life, because celebrity damages private life.
~ Tim Berners-Lee
Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage.
~ Veronica Roth
I felt sure about wanting to look at a person's life that had been limited or damaged, but not necessarily ennobled, by loss.
~ Leni Zumas
Condemned men who agree to donate their organs for transplants may be executed by being given what is described as a non-toxic lethal injection of potassium chloride. This chemical kills, but, unlike poison gas or the electric chair, it leaves all the organs undamaged. The
~ John Emsley
Je weet toch wel wat er gebeurt als je gaten in de bodem van een schip maakt, hè? Dan heeft zo'n schip de neiging om te zinken. - Stig
~ John Flanagan
The Net interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it.
~ John Gilmore
Anyone that damaged doesn't have a handle on what they need.
~ John Glatt
If there is any debate about peace, do not discuss each clause with excessive subtlety, for exactness produces contention and contention excites and ignites the dangerous flames of hatred." Consider the bigger picture and the damage that will accrue to the church if you persist in your quarrel
~ John Guy