Broken Quotes

I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around.

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.

The way that I look at it is that, when we film for eight months straight for a new 'Jackass' movie, I know that I'm going to wind up with at least two broken bones. I don't know when it's going to happen, but you can't contemplate how you're going to fall and what's going to happen.

A promise must never be broken.

The only thing that preoccupies me is that France has broken down, and we need to start up the engine again - all the way. But not so as to run into a wall.

Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.

Republicans have offered dozens of comprehensive healthcare plans many of which achieve comprehensive healthcare reform without breaking what's working in healthcare. We want to fix what's broken in healthcare.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.

Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.

You can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and confused.

I'd crawl over broken glass for Elle MacPherson or Cindy Crawford.

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

For each book, the time is also broken up.

My looks haven't prevented me from playing prostitutes or people broken by life. But when they need a token blonde with big breasts, that's OK, too. It's part of the game.

I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.

In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.

I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.

When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken.