“Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.” BigsCausesRacismDamageLastingAccusationPlagiarism Author:Michel Houellebecq
“Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.” TryingChildrenEndsPlayHouseParentClassHotOur ChildrenBusyCalmYour ChildrenDamageExtrasFenceToo Busy Author:Shirley Henderson
“Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical passion and it falls over.” PeopleSometimesFallPassionPaintingArmsFitDamageSculptureStatuesHysterical Author:Elizabeth Kostova
“Despite the obvious damage now visible in the entropic desolation of every American home town, Wal-Mart managed to install itself in the pantheon of American Dream icons, along with apple pie, motherhood, and Coca Cola.” HomeDreamTownsObviousMotherhoodDespiteDamageApplesVisibleAmerican DreamPieIconsDesolationCoca ColaApple PieHome TownPantheon Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don't mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.” WorldMindHelpingNamesMy OwnScientistAwfulDamageAshamedAttackingFraternity Author:Kary Mullis
“The scientist is a practical man and his are practical (i.e., practically attainable) aims. He does not seek the ultimate but the proximate. He does not speak of the last analysis but rather of the next approximation. His are not those beautiful structures so delicately designed that a single flaw may cause the collapse of the whole. The scientist builds slowly and with a gross but solid kind of masonry. If dissatisfied with any of his work, even if it be near the very foundations, he can replace that part without damage to the remainder.” IfsMenKindMayDoeWholeLastsBeautifulScienceNextSpeakCausesUltimateScientistAimFoundationStructurePracticalsAnalysisDamageFlawsCollapseGrossDissatisfiedMasonryApproximationProgress In Science Author:Gilbert N. Lewis
“In the past, Japan through its colonial rule and aggression caused tremendous damage and suffering for the people of many countries, particularly those of Asian nations.” PeopleCountryPastSufferingNationsDamageJapanAggressionAsian Author:Junichiro Koizumi