Best 1057 quotes in «break quotes» category

The fisher droppeth his net in the stream, And a hundred streams are the same as one; And the maiden dreameth her love-lit dream; And what is it all, when all is done? The net of the fisher the burden breaks, And always the dreaming the dreamer wakes.

The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.

The gate is straight, Deep and wide, Break on through to the other side...

The glassblower knows: while in the heat of beginning, any shape is possible. Once hardened, the only way to change is to break.

The hardest habit of all to break is the terrible habit of happiness.

The hardest thing in making a movie is to keep in the front of your consciousness your original response to the material. Because that's going to be the thing that will make the movie. And the loss of that will break the movie.

The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you.

The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.

The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking it is necessary to go through dark and deeper dark and not to turn

The height of success is when you break your business, that is what I say! Just when you think things are really really going well that's the time to change.

The idea [of A Period of Transition album] was to get a break from everything for a while because I've been doing it for so long. I started doing it when I was 12.

The Internet is one area that I have used pretty effectively to break free of corporate control.

The most critical variable [to becoming a change-maker] is one's willingness to give oneself permission. To break the mental chains that make us small because everyone tells us we cannot.

The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.

The man I meet with is not often so instructive as the silence he breaks.

The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.

The money is with people who have taken advantage of every single break in the tax code.

The only break I ever took was to eat. That's all I did. Work, and then quickly eat something. It became my main pleasure, having access to my comfort food.

Then I break a glass and I slit my very innermost thigh so that I can pretend that I'm menstru--- well, unavailable.

The number-one rule of the road is never go to bed with anyone crazier than yourself. You will break this rule, and you will be sorry.

The only certainties that don't break down are those acquired in prayer.

The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.

The most terrible thing about it is not that it breaks one’s heart—hearts are made to be broken—but that it turns one’s heart to stone.

The one who bets the most wins. Cards just break ties.

The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.

The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart.

The only mountain that I would still like to climb: I'd like to break 85.

The only thing that can break a piece of Valentine candy is another piece of Valentine candy.

The only secret knowledge we have is know-how and you can't break up know-how by court order.

The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.

The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root.

There are no rules, but you break them at your peril.

The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings.

The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us.

There are crucial things that cause fractures, breaks, whatever in relationships. But no one throws a life away.

There are no happy endings, only breaks in the regular action.

There are certain restaurants where you should photograph the food rather than eat it. These are great places to bring a narcissistic boyfriend before you break up.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

There are some films that really break the mold, and some films that don't. I've been looking for films that break the mold a bit.

There hasn't been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres. They're not into dicing and slicing everything up.

There has to be some certainty about who the leader is before the summer break.

There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.

There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.

There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses.

There is a lesson we learn early and harmlessly, or late and traumatically - that there are things we can break that our parents can't fix.

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.

There's a commercial break coming and I'm very excited about it and you know why? Because that's what keeps daddy in suits.

There is so much to life; my heart breaks watching someone held captive by addiction.

There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.

There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.