#ruined

I needed a place to put the dogs. The prisoners ruined the jail, so I put the prisoners in the tents and I had a nice place to put the dogs. We treat the cats nice too, and horses. I have the inmates take care of the animals. It's therapy too, you see. ↗

— Joe Arpaio

#cats #dogs #had #horses #i

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#extravagance #more #ruined #souls #than

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end. ↗

— Washington Irving

#come #empty #end #hollow #keeping

The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined. ↗

— Arthur Murphy

#happy #never #people #ruined #tell

The earth is the Lord's. Psalm 24 basically says the earth is God's property. We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on earth to see it isn't ruined. ↗

— Allen Johnson

#been #earth #given #god #living

There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones. ↗

— Hugh MacDiarmid

#plenty #ruined #stones #world

I look at the others, simpering courtiers and visiting dignitaries, all unsuspecting of what is to come. A merciful man should spare them, but I had mercy cut out of me at a young age. ↗

— A.F. Stewart

#curse #magic #ruined-city #wizard #age

My God, is this a date?" Jeff had asked when I asked if I could bring her along. "I don't know," I said. "She might still be happily lesbian. ↗

— Jefferson Bass

#my-life-story #ruined-youth #dating

Today I seen a dove collide into the sunset, on the way to heaven and a ruined raven chewing on death, over the pavement. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#curse #death #dove #hope #raven

Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature ↗

— Anita Brookner

#literature #ruined #life