Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. Roald Dahl British Novelist More Roald Dahl Quotes 0
We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle. Jerry Falwell American Clergyman More Jerry Falwell Quotes 0
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death. R. D. Laing Scottish Psychologist More R. D. Laing Quotes 0
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order. Christopher Lasch American Historian More Christopher Lasch Quotes 0
On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously. Kathryn Bigelow American Director More Kathryn Bigelow Quotes 0
I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay. Lionel Blue British Clergyman More Lionel Blue Quotes 0
A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it. Art Buchwald American Journalist More Art Buchwald Quotes 0
The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any case frail, on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Jacques Derrida French Philosopher More Jacques Derrida Quotes 0
I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown. Andy Gibb Australian Musician More Andy Gibb Quotes 0
I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown. Kathy Griffin American Comedian More Kathy Griffin Quotes 0
We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe. W. Averell Harriman American Politician More W. Averell Harriman Quotes 0
I was just absolutely exhausted. The media said I've been treated for a nervous breakdown. All that stuff I just took as people taking the opportunity when you're down to give you a kick. John Hewson Australian Politician More John Hewson Quotes 0
Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life. Nicole Kidman Actress More Nicole Kidman Quotes 0
I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation. Charles Evans Hughes American Judge More Charles Evans Hughes Quotes 0
The last thing we need is yet another makeup company. Even I have a nervous breakdown when I go through the department store makeup floor. Lauren Hutton American Model More Lauren Hutton Quotes 0
Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs. Kamisese Mara Fijian Statesman More Kamisese Mara Quotes 0
A quick glance at the American left reveals a movement in the midst of a nervous breakdown, displaying behavior that goes beyond inconsistency into the realm of bipolar moods and multiple personality disorders. Michael Medved American Journalist More Michael Medved Quotes 0
The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown. Adrienne Rich American Poet More Adrienne Rich Quotes 0
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. Bertrand Russell British Philosopher More Bertrand Russell Quotes 0
I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch. Emma Thompson English Actress More Emma Thompson Quotes 0
I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch. Emma Thompson English Actress More Emma Thompson Quotes 0
Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important than whether or not I'm going to be governor. Bill Scott American Actor More Bill Scott Quotes 0
Barry and I were in the middle of building a house, and I was in the midst of having a nervous breakdown, because that's what you do when you build a house. Cynthia Weil American Musician More Cynthia Weil Quotes 0
Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck. Pat Williams American Athlete More Pat Williams Quotes 0
And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority. Hu Shih Chinese Philosopher More Hu Shih Quotes 0