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Secrets are the enablers of antisocial, immoral and destructive behavior. — Dave Eggers

Reviews are destructive by their very nature. — John Malkovich

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. — Ernest Dimnet

A terrible independence opens the door to destructive power of sin — Sunday Adelaja

True creativity is inherently destructive, and truly creative individuals always, without exception, seek to destroy the mediums they work within. — Douglas Haddow

We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood. — Alice Miller

You hear that rape victims avoid sex afterwards. But it's actually just as common for some victims to become promiscuous in self-destructive ways. — Jon Krakauer

I've always had this impulse to be destructive. — Russell Brand

Too much change is as destructive as too little. Only at the edge of chaos can complex systems flourish. — Michael Crichton

Deny a young boy the right to have a toy gun and you will suppress his destructive urges, and he will turn out to be a homosexual - or worse! — Germaine Greer

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace. — M.J. Rose

Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It is the principle of sin, rebellion against God and His truth which has brought about birth defects and other destructive natural occurrences. — E.W. Jackson

The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea. — Andrew Weil

Familiarity is the most destructive of all iconoclasts. — Bill Vaughan

A hobby is labor disguising itself as leisure. It is extremely destructive to the boundaries of private life. — Bauvard

The more isolated a person is, the more destructive the power of sin over him. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nothing is more destructive of individual character than for a man to lose all faith in his own abilities for the prosecution of his work. — Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Making those we love happy sounds innocent as a dove, but it can be as destructive as a lion. — Florida Scott-Maxwell

I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world. — John Cassavetes

We live in a culture of destructive transparency. — Tina Brown

Everyone has to have a spirituality and everyone does have one, either a life-giving one or a destructive one. — Ronald Rolheiser

The war against terror is not really about terror. It's about a superpower's self-destructive impulse toward supremacy, stranglehold, global hemegony. — Arundhati Roy

sacralized, violence made sacred in the very act of being expelled; or still, human violence transformed from bad and destructive — Cesareo Bandera

No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird 'cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was. — Dee Dee Ramone

People project a grey energy that is very destructive to weaken you, to drain you - just as the snake uses position to capture its victim. — Frederick Lenz

Do not let yourself be contaminated by others' ideas of what is best for you. Cast aside the shackles of destructive thinking. — Kai Greene

When I capture my thoughts and compare them to the truth of God's Word, I often find they are false, deceptive, or destructive. — Lori Hatcher

Just as you wouldn't allow a destructive stranger into your home, don't allow harmful, unchecked thoughts to occupy space in your mind. — Shannon Tanner

It was an addiction. A pointless, self-destructive addiction. But really, is there any other kind? — Rachel Vincent

Psychiatry is probably the single most destructive force that has affected American Society within the last fifty years. — Thomas Szasz

The anti-elitist values in America, I think, are very destructive to education. — Joshua Jackson

It's very hard to be good. It is self-destructive thinking to think that there is too much good. — Henry Blodget

Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive. — Tommy Lee Jones

All are at war with the one who wars against self. — E'yen A. Gardner

The unconscious can become destructive if it is disregarded and thwarted. — Anais Nin

It's counterproductive and self-destructive to bear grudges with people that are negative. — Carl Froch

People who are always thinking of the feelings of others can be very destructive because they are hiding so much from themselves. — May Sarton

Communal/managed economics have always been more destructive of their societies than those driven by greed — Frank Herbert

According to Mr. Obama, exceptionalism is so yesterday, an uncool, antiquated and ultimately destructive notion. — Monica Crowley

What you don't do can be a destructive force. — Eleanor Roosevelt

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. — William Henry Harrison

My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing. — Sylvia Plath

Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World! — Cotton Mather

The French, unfortunately, actually believe what they say, and that has been very destructive. — Paul Krugman

The destructive power of a lie is stronger than the truth. — Henry Rollins

Typical me
hurricane that leaves nothing but destruction. — Katie McGarry

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive. — Jayson Blair

I can be very self-destructive, but quietly. — Sam Taylor-Wood

Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence. — James Dobson

The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive. — Robert Greene

There is a known correlation between denial of one's sexuality and a propensity to self-destructive behaviour. — Peter Tatchell

Both the teardrop and the tempest are made of water, making it the most yielding and most destructive force on Earth. — Fiona Paul

I find drug use disrespectful, self-destructive, and weak. I want no part of it. — Davey Havok

The Bible's emphasis on right relationships is a challenge to our culture's destructive focus on the self — Guy Brandon

There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy. — Ellen Glasgow

No more crying. Tears only cause destructive
floods. When you are sad, you build a boat. — Katherine Russell

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated. — Jena Malone

Capitalism can be helpful, but it can also be destructive when it's used by huge enterprises worldwide for the sale of weapons. — Judy Collins

Indian nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive. — Mahatma Gandhi

Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a tyrant. — Benito Mussolini

Humans are destructive animals, but they are also wise ones. — Gemma Malley

The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. — George W. Bush

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. — Richard Paul Evans

I only write about stuff that's happened to me.. stuff I can't get past personally. Luckily, I'm quite self-destructive. — Amy Winehouse

Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool. — William Blake

The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about. — Timothy Keller

There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me. — Joey Lauren Adams

The Internet has become a hate-filled town square with no limits put on destructive verbal behavior. — Bill O'Reilly

treachery, weakness, envy, fanaticism - the most destructive forces available to man. — Greg Iles

Nothing is more creative ... nor destructive ... than a brilliant mind with a purpose. — Dan Brown

I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die. — Whitney Houston

The selfishness of humanity is rooted in the self-destructive nature of man through sin. Romans 6:23 — Felix Wantang

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another. — Anne Sullivan

Her self lagged behind her anger, like a mother picking up after a destructive child. — Matthew De Abaitua

We should see destructive emotions as enemies, first identifying them and then engaging in techniques to destroy them. — Dalai Lama XIV

That a rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in practice, totally pernicious and destructive. — David Hume

I don't understand why Christians are taking such a bashing ... and why do we glorify people that do destructive things? — Kevin Sorbo

For a solitary animal egoism is a virtue that tends to preserve and improve the species: in any kind of community it becomes a destructive vice. — Erwin Schrodinger

Granted, anger can be misplaced and is often destructive, but anger generates passion, and that energy, if used correctly, can be highly constructive. — David W. Earle

The atomic bomb was created with the destruction of men in mind — Bangambiki Habyarimana

We've all got out self-destructive bad habits, the trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those all the time. — David Lee Roth

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had — Nat Hentoff

Through microscopic examination one can find in almost every life incidents or traits that can be destructive when they are magnified. — Marvin J. Ashton

The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way. — Jim Benton

Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus. — Robert Herjavec

I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. — Shirley Manson

Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars — Curtis LeMay

Love is benign only when it gets what it wants. Otherwise love can be far more destructive than mindless sex. — Christopher Bram

Currency warfare is the most destructive form of economic warfare. — Harry Dexter White

The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism into the secret glories it contains. — E. E. Cummings

Nothing is so destructive of female charms as contact with fresh air. — Georgette Heyer

Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth. — Michael Fox

It's a bomb. Just like you. — Maggie Stiefvater

Anger is the most useless emotion," Henchick intoned, "destructive to the mind and hurtful to the heart. — Stephen King

ACLU has become eccentric and destructive. — Newt Gingrich

It's all interrelated, these destructive things I do. I latch on to people, like I'm collecting them. I'm always looking for a hero, you know? — Jenna Brooks

Fear made people forget themselves ... Fear was a terribly destructive force. — Gemma Malley

In order for people to live their own lives and fulfill their destiny, they must differentiate themselves from destructive environmental influences. — Lisa Firestone

To be free from destruction mindset of sin is to permit the lordship of Christ — Sunday Adelaja