Detrimental Quotes

• It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

  Sean O'Casey

  Would Be, Temper, Loses

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• Families can be the most detrimental things to have in your life. They are sometimes the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving what you want to achieve, and yet people hold it and hold it and grab it and try to fix it and twist it and turn it.

  Amy Sherman-Palladino

  People, Trying, Twists

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• Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled.

  John Wanamaker

  Lying, Believe, Hype

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• When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.

  Yoshihiko Noda

  Country, Hurt, People

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• Allowing suspects to indefinitely linger in our cells is, in fact, detrimental to our national security goals. If a suspect is proven to be a terrorist, for the sake of the victims and deterring any future attacks, he or she must be brought to justice. America has done this with Timothy McVeigh and hundreds of other terrorists.

  John Garamendi

  Cells, America, Justice

  "Due process, detention and defense". thehill.com. January 30, 2012.

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• And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier.

  Tom Coburn

  Today, Facts, Share

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• As beings who cannot know the outcome of any particular action, it is difficult for us to act in a way that will be necessarily beneficial to another, or necessarily detrimental.

  Andre Alexis

  Outcomes, Way, Action

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Complaining becomes a habit. Focusing on the negative also becomes a habit. It’s one of the most detrimental habits you can possibly have. It can negatively impact you socially, affecting your personal happiness, but it can also subconsciously sabotage your money and success.

  T. Harv Eker

  Impact, Negative, Complaining

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from May 02, 2013

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• Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

  David Suzuki

  Moving, Impact, Water

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• There's no reason to assume that my idea of what's better would really be better. I resent it when other people try to inflict their ideas of betterness on me. I don't think they know. And I can't see any authority on the horizon that's got any answers that seem worthwhile. Most of the things that are suggested are probably detrimental to your mental health.

  Frank Zappa

  Thinking, Ideas, People

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• Neither is detrimental, but the mystical kundalini is a bit more raucous.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Mystical, Bits

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• Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!

  Ernestine Rose

  Character, Men, Rights

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• Things are very rudimentary as far as women's rights really go here, and it seems fine, but once you start scraping the surface, you start to see the ripple effect of how not having equal rights is so detrimental and how many mothers are single parents trying to raise their families.

  Patricia Arquette

  Mother, Rights, Parent

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• All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous details would, in the mind of the beholder, encroach upon the essential elements.

  Henri Matisse

  Art, Mind, Essentials

  Henri Matisse, John M. Jacobus (1973). “Henri Matisse”, Harry N Abrams Inc

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• Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Motivation, Creativity, Intrinsic Motivation

  Daniel H. Pink (2011). “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”, p.29, Penguin

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• I have been in the entertainment business some forty-three years, and I have never said anything detrimental or anything that might be construed as belittling any race or religion. I would be a sucker to do so because you can't insult the customers.

  W. C. Fields

  Business, Race, Years

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• I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.

  Saffron Burrows

  Strong, Thinking, Feminist

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• All this is labour which never meets the eye.... But too open and generous a revelation of the chapter and the page of the original quoted, has often proved detrimental to the legitimate honours of the quoter. They are unfairly appropriated by the next comer; the quoter is never quoted, but the authority he has afforded is produced by his successor with the air of an original research.

  Isaac D'Israeli

  Eye, Air, Research

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• Man demands truth and fulfills this demand in moral intercourse with other men; this is the basis of all social life. One anticipates the unpleasant consequences of reciprocal lying. From this there arises the duty of truth. We permit epic poets to lie because we expect no detrimental consequences in this case. Thus the lie is permitted where it is considered something pleasant. Assuming that it does no harm, the lie is beautiful and charming.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Beautiful, Lying, Men

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• I think if a candidate ran for office in most states in the country, if his opponent, or her opponent was an effective advocate against the TPP and could show, as I think we will be able to show, it's detrimental to working Americans, I think they would have a hard time getting elected.

  Jeff Sessions

  Country, Thinking, Hard Times

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Intense asana practice - too much, too soon - can have detrimental effects. It can also promote a dissociation from the personal sensitivity and self awareness that I am trying to encourage. I don't want to contribute to furthering physical or psychological trauma.

  James Fox

  Self, Practice, Trying

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• China restricts the society's freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.

  Ai Weiwei

  Party, Creativity, Decision

  "Freely Speaking". Interview with Paul D. Miller, realitysandwich.com. August 22, 2012.

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• Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being.

  Criss Jami

  Lines, May, Territory

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.126, Criss Jami

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• Optimization is generally detrimental to future success, but it is the only way to accomplish present success in competition with others who are equally interested in short-term results.

  Erik Naggum

  Competition, Way, Results

  "O'reilly subjugated to the Lisp juggenaut". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. January 18, 2004.

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• I know in the Christian church the old ladies use to say "what the devil meant for bad God meant for good." So some of the things that I think they went out and tried to be detrimental to my life saved me in a lot of ways.

  Kwame Kilpatrick

  Christian, Thinking, Church

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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