Quotes by Ruins It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine. Jacqueline Kelly ruins shining littles Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved. Jacob Bronowski ruins shame science I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin. J. R. R. Tolkien ruins mountain enemy For although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most sonorous language employed upon both sides, it somehow failed to bring about either the reformation or the ruin of humankind: and after the conclusion of the murdering and general breakage, the world went on pretty much as it has done after all other wars, with a vague notion that a deal of time and effort had been unprofitably invested, and a conviction that it would be inglorious to say so. James Branch Cabell ruins effort war Help means ruin and saving means slaying. J. R. R. Tolkien ruins saving mean Don't let the idiots ruin your day. James de la Vega ruins idiot Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it. James Cook ruins nice trying The liberal agenda is the blueprint for national ruin. James Cook blueprints ruins agendas Consider how badly-built suburbia is. Many business buildings are not designed to outlast their tax depreciation periods, and the McHouses are made of particle board, vinyl siding, and stapled-on trim. A lot of suburbia will simply become the slums of the future. Most of the rest will be salvage or ruins. James Howard Kunstler ruins vinyl boards Time's ruins build eternity's mansions. James Joyce ruins eternity time I do like talking with friends about big concepts, you know, the stuff that will ruin a party. To me, the party hasn't begun until we're talking about the nonexistence of God. James Mercer ruins party talking Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve. That instant was his [Lucifer's] ruin. James Joyce ruins sin pride Moral supremacy is the only one that leaves monuments, and not ruins, behind it. James Russell Lowell supremacy ruins morality As a person progresses along the path of power, they attract certain forces and beings from other dimensions, who feel the power that you are storing. Sometimes they want some of it; sometimes they want to ruin you. We call these beings entities. Frederick Lenz ruins progress want Sex is the quickest way to ruin a friendship. Janeane Garofalo ruins sex way It is religion which has made modern Europe what she is by its stability amid the ruin of nations, by adapting itself to circumstances, to times, and places, without ever abating an iota of its unshaken principles. Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire ruins principles europe Je sais de quelles petitesses meurent les plus grandes amours. I know how pettiness ruins the greatest loves. Jean Anouilh greatest-love ruins plus Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously. Jean Chretien ruins careers years The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face? Jean de La Fontaine ruins house may The best way to ruin a comedy is to throw a lot of money at it. Jay Leno ruins comedy way «56789101112131415»