Spoil Quotes

All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sortsof difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.

Ivan Turgenev
It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.

Arsene Wenger
- Stupid
- Games
- Week

Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as someone who wants to enjoy the book but also, as a writer, noticing the techniques that the writer uses and especially the ones that make you want to turn the page to see what happened.

Homer Hickam
- Book
- Reading
- Kind
A herd of prairie-wolves will enter a field of melons and quarrel about the division of the spoils as fiercely and noisily as so many politicians.

William Cullen Bryant
Why should I spoil my mood by wearing an ugly suit?

Bryan Ferry Roxy Music
- Mood
- Spoil
- Suit
This was not the last time I was to spoil my own fun by asking questions.

Caroline Pratt
- Fun
- Asking
- Not Last
At night, in the garden, it occurs to you that it might have been your heart that left you as you reached the capital. Your heart might not have travelled well, closed up in its cavity, quivering and gnawing at the bars of your ribcage during the commute. It might be tracking north now, along edgelands, past spoil-heaps and stands of pylons, under motorway passes, back to the higher ground. Back to him.

Sarah Hall
- Heart
- Night
- Past
One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.

Tobias Smollett
- Wit
- Dishes
- Ham