Ruined Quotes - Page 2

• The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

  Clarence Darrow

  Inspirational, Life, Children

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• I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Country, Men, Nwo

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  The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Integrity, Yoga

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• Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

  Patrick Henry

  Giving Up, 4th Of July, Jealous

  Virginia's U.S. Constitution ratification convention, June 5, 1788.

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• The trouble with most of us is that we stop trying in trying times.

  Denis Waitley

  Criticism, Trying, Power Of Positive Thinking

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• The town kept its secrets, and the Marsten House brooded over it like a ruined king.

  Stephen King

  Kings, House, Secret

  Stephen King (2008). “'Salem's Lot”, p.635, Anchor

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• He looked at her as a man looks at a faded flower he has gathered, with difficulty recognizing in it the beauty for which he picked and ruined it. And in spite of this he felt that then, when his love was stronger, he could, if he had greatly wished it, have torn that love out of his heart; but now when as at that moment it seemed to him he felt no love for her, he knew that what bound him to her could not be broken.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Flower, Heart, Men

  Leo Tolstoy (2017). “Anna Karenina (English German bilingual Edition illustrated): Anna Karenina (Englisch Deutsch zweisprachige Ausgabe illustriert)”, p.495, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise

  Shiv Khera

  Wise, People, Criticism

  FaceBook post by Shiv Khera from Jun 14, 2016

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• It's really quite simple. Mr. Isinglass robbed my father, destroyed my mother, exiled my brothers, and ruined me. If I catch him asleep I'll kill him. I do hope you like this pudding. I had to ride quite a way to find the plums.

  Larry McMurtry

  Mother, Brother, Father

  "Anything for Billy". Book by Larry McMurtry, 1988.

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• The earl shook his head, exhibiting a degree of frosty offense that could only be achieved by an aristocrat whose wishes had just been gainsaid. “I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined,” he said sourly.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Girl, Men, Parent

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• There are few sights sadder than a ruined book.

  Daniel Handler

  Sad, Book, Reading

  "The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3)". Book by Lemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler), February 25, 2000.

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• There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California.

  Calvin Trillin

  Fun, California, America

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• Women have to be careful and teach their girls to be aware of their surroundings and never be alone with testosterone-crazed boys. A lot of little lives are being ruined and our society is to blame. Our kids are just searching and being curious but they are dangerously looking for the wrong kind of attention.

  Pamela Anderson

  Girl, Kids, Boys

  Interview with Savi Kuruppu, cargocollective.com.

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• Jesus ruined every funeral he attended including his own.

  Bill Johnson

  Jesus, Funeral, Including

  Bill Johnson (2016). “God is Good: He's Better Than You Think”, p.103, Destiny Image Publishers

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• Gu was a worrier, a neurotic curmudgeon. If he had a headache, it was a brain tumor; if it looked like rain, this year's harvest was ruined. This was his way of controlling the situation, his lifelong strategy for always coming out ahead. Now, when reality looked more dire than any of his fatalisitic predictions, he had no choice but to turn tail and charge in the opposite direction.

  Max Brooks

  Rain, Reality, Years

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.11, Broadway Books

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• If you see failure as a monster stalking you, or one that has
  already ruined your life, take another look. That monster can
  become a benevolent teacher, opening your mind to successes
  you cannot now imagine.

  Martha Beck

  Teacher, Mind, Monsters

  "How to fail your way to success" by Martha Beck, www.cnn.com. January 2, 2008.

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• Big tears of frustration and exhaustion were streaming down his cheeks. But because of all the wrinkles, they weren't dripping off. They spread out and ran together again, leaving a watery film over his ruined face.

  Albert Camus

  Frustration, Wrinkles, Together Again

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.18, Vintage

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• Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.

  Oscar Wilde

  Self, People, Honor

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.51, Prestwick House Inc

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• Like any normal fifth grader, I preferred my villains to be evil and stay that way, to act like Dracula rather than Frankenstein's monster, who ruined everything by handing that peasant girl a flower. He sort of made up for it by drowning her a few minutes later, but, still, you couldn't look at him the same way again.

  David Sedaris

  Girl, Flower, Evil

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• A little bloodthirsty, isn’t it? (Kim) Given what they did to Tory, I’m thinking a quick death is merciful. Not to mention they ruined one of my favorite jackets and totaled my bike. (Acheron) Well, let’s just torture then bomb the bastards. How dare they! (Pam)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Thinking, Bombs, Littles

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.622, Macmillan

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• Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

  Isaiah

  Kings, Eye, Men

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• I can’t believe this night. I was supposed to be applauded and instead, I’m ruined. I swear to God in heaven if I ever see that man again, I will commit murder. (Tory) Well, if you need help moving the body, you know where Kim and I live. (Pam)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Believe, Moving, Night

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.483, Macmillan

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• Vitamins ruined my life. Not that there was much left to ruin, but still. I know that blaming vitamins for my horrible life sounds strange. After all, vitamins are supposed to keep people healthy. Also, they're inanimate objects. But thanks to them I was stuck in the Jackson Center Mall watching my father run around in a bee costume.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Running, Father, People

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• It was an unspoken pleasure, that having come together so many years, ruined so much and repaired a little, we had endured.

  Lillian Hellman

  Years, Together, Littles

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• Whoever is the cause of another becoming powerful, is ruined himself.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Powerful, Causes, Becoming

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.12, Knickerbocker Classics

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