The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams. Simon Cowell More Quotes by Simon Cowell More Quotes From Simon Cowell It could have been a lot worse. When I saw the X-ray, I really nearly smashed my spine to pieces, so I literally wouldn’t (have) been able to walk. Simon Cowell The hardest thing was, and I said this to Lauren when I came out of the hospital, I was so embarrassed about coming home, looking about 100 [years old] because I couldn’t walk, and I have these metal rods in my back and all these screws. Simon Cowell