Destroyed Quotes

There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed.

Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left.

I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world.

I am a really big Harry Potter fan and I've seen all the sets, I've lived Harry Potter and I don't think it's destroyed the books at all, I think it's really spot on.

My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director.

Jewish immigration in the 20th century was fueled by the Holocaust, which destroyed most of the European Jewish community. The migration made the United States the home of the largest Jewish population in the world.

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.

Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

A lot of my movies were completely destroyed by the censors, who can be pretty arbitrary. They're not completely fair with how they treat one person vs. another.

In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.

It is a career that can be enhanced or destroyed by success.

It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.

It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.

Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.

You know that big government doesn't hurt big corporations. They've got the best lawyers and accountants in the world. You know who gets destroyed by big government? It's the little guys.

You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed.

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.

I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.'