Top 5 Irreparable Quotes

To explain away the mystery of a great painting - if such a feat were possible - would do irreparable harm... If there is no mystery, then there is no poetry, the quality I value above all else in art.

To explain away the mystery of a great painting - if such a feat were possible - would do irreparable harm... If there is no mystery, then there is no poetry, the quality I value above all else in art.

Georges Braque

Art, Irreparable Harm, Quality

Interview with John Richardson, December 1, 1957.

The Past, being in the mode of memory, is closed, inalienable, and irreparable.

Susanne Katherina Langer

Memories, Past, Irreparable

To repair the irreparable ravages of time.

Jean Racine

Irreparable

Jean Racine (1960). “Five Plays”

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.

Stanley Kubrick

Irreparable Harm, Shining, Months

When you find yourself about to say something that crosses a line, something that could cause irreparable harm, sometimes the best you can do is just not say that thing.

Tammara Webber

Irreparable Harm, Finding Yourself, Lines

Tammara Webber (2014). “Between the Lines: The Complete Series”, p.491, Tammara Webber

With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?

Yehuda Berg

Irreparable Harm, Toxic Waste, Climate

"What the @#$% is Going On?" by Yehuda Berg, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 10, 2010.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Jean Anouilh

Politics, Politician, Irreparable

Jean Anouilh (1955). “The Lark”

There are places from which you cannot return. There is damage that can be irreparable.

James Frey

Damage, Return, Irreparable

James Frey (2004). “A Million Little Pieces”, p.165, Anchor

Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied

Gail Carriger

Irreparable Harm, Causes, Harm

Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.102, Hachette UK

Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either direction have consequences. People who grossly overestimate their capabilities undertake activities that are clearly beyond their reach. As a result, they get themselves into considerable difficulties, undermine their credibility, and suffer needless failures. Some of the missteps, of course, can produce serious, irreparable harm

Albert Bandura

Successful, Irreparable Harm, People