Broken Quotes

I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around.

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.

Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.

I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.

Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.

You can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and confused.

I'd crawl over broken glass for Elle MacPherson or Cindy Crawford.

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

For each book, the time is also broken up.

I don't know what my version of a relationship or marriage is yet, because the typical model seems a little broken to me.

My looks haven't prevented me from playing prostitutes or people broken by life. But when they need a token blonde with big breasts, that's OK, too. It's part of the game.

I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.

In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.

Divorce is one of the key predictors of poverty for a child growing up in a home that's broken.

I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment, though I love entertainment, but also a way of conveying what needs to be conveyed about the works that I care about.

Class action lawsuits are an important part of our legal system. All citizens should have the right to band together and settle grievances with bigger companies, but that system is broken and it needs fixing.

I had me jaw broken, and so my chin stuck way out. That's how I became tough - I learned to pick up anything and fight back.

I have broken a lot of stories.

When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken.