Destroys

Famous quotes containing the word destroys:

“The full moon
cannot gain
a likeness to your face,
so god destroys it
time and again,
as if to create it
by some other means.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

“Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest.... It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)

“Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)