“When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental — far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.” Too MuchActivityConcernInsightStakesMundaneDetrimental Author:Franz Grillparzer
“We live in a world where our social system is old, our language is old, the way we acquire goods and services is outdated, our cities are detrimental to our health, chaotic and a tremendous waste of resource, and most of all our politics and values no longer serve us.” WorldWayPoliticalValuesLanguageSocialCitiesPolicyHealthWasteResourcesChaosAcquireGoodsModernityChaoticSocial SystemsDetrimentalOutdatedGoods And ServicesFuturistObsolescence Author:Jacque Fresco
“I will undertake to prove that the present corn laws have been detrimental to the public, without being beneficial to the agricultural interest.” Has BeensLawInterestProveBeneficialCornDetrimental Author:Joseph Hume
“I feel really lucky to be in a band where the guys, for all the opportunities to do things that potentially would be good for them but detrimental to the group, that everybody stayed loyal to the whole.” FeelsWholeWould BeGuyOpportunityGroupsLuckyBandBe GoodLoyalDetrimental Author:Mike Shinoda
“It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.” Would BeLosesTemperDetrimental Author:Sean O'Casey
“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.” HabitNegativeImpactComplainingSabotageDetrimentalPersonal Happiness Author:T. Harv Eker
“There's a fine line between helping others and being a people pleaser, and mistaking one for the other can be hugely detrimental. When we put others' needs before our own, we deplete our energy, which can lead to depression, physical illness, and overwhelm.” PeopleNeedsHelpingEnergyLinesFineIllnessHelping OthersFine LinesDetrimentalPleasers Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“The same thing can be both good and bad. Whenever you speak of good, bad is also present. The world is a mixture of both. There is not good without bad. They are both sides of the same coin. Both are necessary. We have been given free will and discriminating capacity to select what is beneficial to us and to avoid what is detrimental to us. Even Cobra poison can be used as medicine.” WorldHas BeensUsedSpeakGivenSidesCapacityMedicinePoisonFree WillBoth SidesCoinsGood And BadMixturesBeneficialSelectDetrimentalCobras Author:Swami Satchidananda
“I'm not sure anybody's ready to see me in a drama. And loving movies so much, I've seen a lot of comics try to make that transition too fast, and it can be detrimental. And I don't think I've had as much success as I need in the comedy genre to open up those opportunities.” ThinkingNeedsTryingOpportunityComedyReadyDramaGenreNot SureTransitionDetrimental Author:Sean William Scott
“Without individuals feeling safe and having an environment of safety, they then have reluctance of taking part in the city of being active. They wind up wanting to leave the city. Thats more detrimental.” FeelingsIndividualCitiesEnvironmentWindSafeSafetyActiveReluctanceDetrimental Author:Dick Powell
“In my practice as surgeon, I am impressed by the alarming increase of cancer cases brought to my notice; an increase, which in the light of the general hygienic and sanitary improvements of our time, can point to no other cause than the indulgence in certain foodstuffs detrimental to normal life of the body.” BodyLightAgeCertainCausesDarkPracticeCasesNormalIncreaseCancerMedicalImprovementOur TimeImpressedIndulgenceDark AgesSurgeonsNormal LifeDetrimentalSanitary Author:Charles Horace Mayo
“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.” MenDoeBeautifulLyingSocialMoralCasesPoetDutyDemandConsequenceBasesAssumingHarmArisePleasantPermitCharmingEpicAnticipateIntercourseSocial LifeReciprocalDetrimental Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“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.” EyeNextAirAuthorityPagesResearchOriginalsGenerousRevelationsLabourHonourChaptersQuotationsSuccessorsDetrimental Author:Isaac D'Israeli
“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.” ThinkingWholeStrongFeltWeekModelsFeministQuittingBotheredDetrimental Author:Saffron Burrows
“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.” IfsFactsShowsTodayShareBreastsDetrimentalImplantsBreast Implants Author:Tom Coburn
“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.” IfsDoneFactsAmericaGoalJusticeSecurityVictimSakeTerroristCellsSuspectsAllowingProvenNational SecurityDetrimental Author:John Garamendi
“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.” YearsHas BeensSaidMightWould BeThreeBusinessRaceEntertainmentCustomersInsultFortyThree YearsSuckerBelittleDetrimentalEntertainment Business Author:W. C. Fields