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Quotes About Damage

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.
~ Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Eat it, smoke it, stay up all night for it because the memories of the damage you wreak upon your body when you are young will sustain your spirit when you are old.
~ Unknown
almost universally recognized as a developmental disorder, multiply caused: genetic predisposition, pre- or postnatal viral infection, chromosomal damage, biological agents still unknown.
~ Unknown
But even though catastrophic oppression brought about a process of objectification and dehumanization, the absolute negation of humanity was not possible because a damaged human spirit seeks to resurrect and reconstruct itself; it also seeks self-consciousness.
~ Unknown
The Study proves that such experiments resulted in serious damage to study subjects and their children. Finally, the Tuskeegee Syphilis Study proves that considerable external pressure is often required before the medical profession takes the necessary action to terminate such experimentation.
~ Unknown
I do no damage. This is damage, this." He picked up a paper from Camille's desk. "I can't read your writing, but I take it the general tenor is that Brissot should go and hang himself.
~ Hilary Mantel
Is a man a victim, who walks onto a knife? Are you innocent, if you set up the damage for yourself?
~ Hilary Mantel
In other words, one in every six inhabitants of the Libyan capital was kidnapped and made to disappear. The damage was more lasting because the Italian authorities selected the most noted and distinguished men: scholars, jurists, wealthy traders, and bureaucrats.
~ Hisham Matar
I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact." "I'm not scared of being spoiled," Val said.
~ Holly Black
You broke the Madden brothers. I remember them, Joesph, and I remember what you did to them.
~ Holly Black
Lo que pasa es que a veces forzamos demasiado nuestros juguetes y se acaban rompiendo.
~ Holly Black
Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks.
~ Homer
Seguimos viendo, y quizá tememos a quienes están al tanto del daño que nos hacen, mientras que el que hiere ignorando la profundidad de su herida es tenido como un tonto, por un zote que no sabe sacar partido de nada y todo el mundo le desprecia.
~ Honore de Balzac
I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.
~ Lionel Shriver
I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you feel safe.
~ Lionel Shriver
you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.
~ Lionel Shriver
I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.
~ Lionel Shriver
I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.
~ Lionel Shriver
I didn't think there was any way to convince Jack that he wanted more than I had to give, that to people who'd been damaged the way I had been, fear and the will to survive would always be more powerful than attachment. I could only love in a limited way
~ Lisa Kleypas
Neither of us seemed able to be close to anyone. Not even each other. Closeness meant the one you loved the most would cause you the most damage. How did you unlearn that? It was woven deep between every fiber and vessel. You couldn't cut it out.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Basically, the body does have a vast amount of inbuilt anti-ageing machinery; it's just not 100% comprehensive, so it allows a small number of different types of molecular and cellular damage to happen and accumulate.
~ Aubrey de Grey
I thought I could play the hellraiser and then put 'Johnny Vegas' back in his box. I found popularity through self-destruction. The more you damage yourself, the more people are drawn to you, and that can be quite addictive. It is not a lifestyle you can maintain.
~ Johnny Vegas
Rita was almost as badly damaged as I am.
~ Jeff Lindsay