Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

And unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was not just damaged but totally destroyed.

Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society.

A lot of my friends are gangsters. Not like gangsters - well yeah all sorts of levels of criminality - but not the types that are preying on innocent people. I have no interest in the type of criminality that has no respect for collateral damage.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.

My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff but the damage.

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long underestimate the risks want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them and they end up spending more money causing much more damage to the economy.

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.

Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients.

Even those who like me believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that for many on the right the sudden and relatively sloppily reasoned character of the abortion rulings... did real damage to the Court's reputation as a relatively neutral arbiter of legal disputes.

I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security.

Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.

When I was at college I worked in a department store called Brit Home Stores which is a pretty lackluster department store selling clothes for middle-aged women. My job was to walk the floor and find anything that was damaged take it to the store room and log it.

It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States.

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.