As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.
We've always idealized youth and then destroyed youth. That has happened since the beginning of time, and I'm fascinated by why we do that.
This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness.
Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.
We are concerned that, in a few years time, this place of discovery, with its wealth of human fossils, the like of which can be found nowhere else in the world, could be completely destroyed.
J.M. Barrie: You find a glimmer of happiness in this world, there's always someone who wants to destroy it.
Nick Rice: [to Darby] Please fuck this up, so I can destroy you.
[last lines] Duplo: We are from the planet Duplo, and we're here to destroy you. Emmet: Oh, man.
Jeffrey Goines: ...and if you forget one thing, I will have you shaved, sterilized, and destroyed!
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.
I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.
I came away from the forums with a profound concern about the highly addictive and destructive nature of methamphetamine. Families are torn apart, lives are destroyed and treatment is difficult to get.
What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.
If you want a higher power, go to the goddamn sun. Just go to the sun - and stop destroying the ozone layer.
The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.
I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours.
And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed.
The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.
Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.
I love stories about people who are smart enough to know that what they're doing is destroying them, but that knowing that doesn't help them.
