It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. —Voltaire More about this quote Tags: justice war morality violence murder Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Violence is for fools and emergencies. The less of a fool you are, the fewer emergencies you will have. —John Maude More about this quote Tags: fools violence emergency Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life. —Joyce Carol Oates More about this quote Tags: life reality violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Why are sex and violence always linked? I'm afraid they'll blur together in people's minds — sexandviolence — until we can't tell them apart. I expect to hear a newscaster say, "The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex. —Dick Cavett More about this quote Tags: sex violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Violence stinks no matter which side of it you're on. But now and then there's nothing left to do but hit the other person over the head with a frying pan. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: argument violence anger Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. —Plutarch More about this quote Tags: cooperation violence overcoming perseverance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. —John F. Kennedy More about this quote Tags: violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore. —Robert J. Sawyer More about this quote Tags: violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate men from each other, but rather tend to reduce them to the same state. —Thomas Elliot More about this quote Tags: violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else. —Lois McMaster Bujold More about this quote Tags: violence victory massacre Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You're immature. You've been unable to adjust to the idea of war." "Yes, sir." "You have a morbid aversion to dying. You probably resent the fact that you're at war and might get your head blown off any second." "I more than resent it, sir. I'm absolutely incensed." ". . . Misery depresses you. Ignorance depresses you. Persecution depresses you. Violence depresses you. . . . You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic depressive! —Joseph Heller More about this quote Tags: war ignorance maturity death misery violence surprise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but by real understanding. We must ask: "Where is the violence coming from? What is its meaning? —Jean Vanier More about this quote Tags: violence source message Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we are violent to our enemies, we do violence to ourselves. When we brutalize others, we brutalize ourselves. And eventually we run the risk of becoming our oppressors. —Arundhati Roy More about this quote Tags: enemies violence brutality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than violence. —Hermann Hesse More about this quote Tags: love strength violence water softness hardness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it. —Groucho Marx More about this quote Tags: humor violence anger brutality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email