Broken window may refer to:
- The parable of the broken window, a parable from an 1850 essay by Frédéric Bastiat that originated the "broken window fallacy" of economics.
- "Broken Windows", a 1982 magazine article by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling that originated the "broken windows theory" of sociology.
- Fixing Broken Windows, a 1996 book by George L. Kelling and Catherine Coles that further popularized the broken windows theory.
- "Broken Window", the B-side to the 2007 single "Keep the Car Running" by Arcade Fire
- The Broken Window, a 2008 crime thriller novel by Jeffery Deaver
Famous quotes containing the words broken and/or window:
“When our two dusts with Waller’s shall be laid,
Siftings on siftings in oblivion,
Till change hath broken down
All things save Beauty alone.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)