Lo, thou trusted in thestaff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Isaiah 36:6.

   The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Corinthians11:23^6.

And heshall rulethemwith a rod of iron; asthevessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Revelation 2:27.

Our hearts are broken, but they continue to beat, and the spirit of our City has never been stronger.

-Giuliani, Rudy (RudolphWilliam)
One Nation:  America Remembers September11, 2001, introduction.

   Here, even the law of the jungle has broken down.

-Jumblatt,Walid
  Of the situation in Beirut, in the Sunday Times, 29 Dec.

   What is broken is broken, and I'd rather remember it as it was at its bestthanmend it and seebrokenplaces as long as I lived† I wish I could care what you do or where you go, but I can't. My dear, I don't give a damn.

-Mitchell, Margaret
  RhettButler's parting speech to Scarlett O'Hara. Gone  with the Wind, ch.63; the more famous version of the final line from the film script by Sidney Howard (1939, spoken by Clark Gable) ran'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn'.

They gave us our rice bowl and we don't want it broken.

-Qian, Zhang
  On the need to avoid offending the government that permitted broadcasts by Shanghai's Radio Orient. In the New YorkTimes, 26 Apr.

A pard-like Spirit, beautiful and swiftö A love in desolation masked;öa Power Girt round with weakness;öit can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour; It is a dying lamp, a falling shower, A breaking billow;öeven whilst we speak Is it not broken? Shelley

-Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Adonais, stanza 32.

  Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

-Swift,Jonathan
  Polite Conversation.