More quotations tagged with “killing”
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
—Woody Allen
Sports is like a war without the killing.
—Ted Turner
Q: Should we avoid eating meat, since it entails killing?
—Unknown
Antonio Rivera took refuge with other Nationalists in the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War. As a pacifist, the youth refused at first to help defend the ancient stronghold, and was put on latrine duty. When the situation of the besieged became more desperate, he decided that it would not be inconsistent with his principles to aid in the defense, provided that he did not kill in hatred. He was assigned the position of loader to a heavy machine gun. It was said that he would give the signal to fire with the words: "Tirad—pero sin odio." (Fire—but without hatred. )
—Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes
If I got to make just one law, it would be that the men who make the decisions to drop bombs would first, every time, have to spend one whole day taking care of a baby. We were not made to do this killing thing, I swear. Back up. It's a big mistake.
—Barbara Kingsolver