Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.
What you don't do can be a destructive force.
Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.
The idea of going to school and getting a job is the most destructive one in your brain.
I find all that slightly destructive but mad love alluring.
Hate is a strong word. It's also very destructive, so no - I don't hate Mark Zuckerberg.
The Internet has become a hate-filled town square with no limits put on destructive verbal behavior.
We live in a culture of destructive transparency.
Elephants are not human, of course. They are something much more ancient and primordial, living on a different plane of existence. Long before we arrived on the scene, they worked out a way of being in the world that has not fundamentally changed and is sustainable, and not predatory or destructive.
Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.
According to Mr. Obama, exceptionalism is so yesterday, an uncool, antiquated and ultimately destructive notion.
I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world.
