At best, I consider flying an unavoidable necessity, a time to resurrect forgotten prayers and contemplate the end of all joy in… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love; I have learned to… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
We must have done something very wicked before we were born, or else we must be going to be very happy indeed… — Alexandre Dumas-fils Copy Share Image
Teach me, 0 God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but rather teach… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Beyond my desire to boycott the torture factories, I am also way happier when I eat a plant-based diet, and I feel… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
That's a weird way to torture yourself. Just watch a movie, over and over, that you hate. That's really funny - that's… — Rob Huebel Copy Share Image
A question: when is a bed not a bed? When it is angled lie-flat. My back hurts, my legs ache and my… — Richard Quest Copy Share Image
When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The Auschwitz praxis was based on a new principle: for one portion of mankind, existence itself is a crime, punishable by humiliation,… — Emil Fackenheim Copy Share Image
“Or perhaps we should just ask Todd." I pound the glass right at his face. He doesn't even flinch. And then she… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Let us be clear: censorship is cowardice. ... It masks corruption. It is a school of torture: it teaches, and accustoms one… — Pablo Antonio Cuadra Copy Share Image
The thing is, Guantánamo is also a naval base, and they're under the delusion - especially the people on the naval side… — Molly Crabapple Copy Share Image
“No follower of Christ knew the shape of the earth. For many centuries this great Peasant of Palestine has been worshiped as… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“On August 1, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel granted the CIA’s request to begin water-boarding Abu Zubaydah. The technique, tantamount… — Tim Weiner Copy Share Image
The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible… — John Milton Copy Share Image
One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
If waterboarding's OK, why don't we let our police do it to suspects so we can learn what they know? We only… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
“Anyone who has ever been in love, truly, magnificently in love, knows that it is torture. It is ugly and messy and… — Jessica Gadziala Copy Share Image
The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Closing Guantanamo Bay is not a military solution. The closing of that prison, which I support, I supported it when I was… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
Torture is and must remain illegal. Warrantless wiretapping is also illegal, as was the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Qatar without proper… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
The debility to which Nature condemned women incontestably proves that her design is for man, who then more than ever enjoys his… — Marquis De Sade Copy Share Image
“If it’s anywhere near as bad as what those assholes did to me… I’m tired of living through this shit just to… — C.J. Roberts Copy Share Image
I was never one of those actors who believed, 'I'm so gonna be an ingenue.' I already knew that wasn't gonna happen,… — Keala Settle Copy Share Image
This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
“For the universal will constantly torture him and say, 'You ought to have talked. Where will you find the certainty that it… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Answers to leading questions under torture naturally tell us nothing about the beliefs of the accused; but they are good evidence for… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If anyone has it rough at Guantanamo, it is the guards. They are constantly harassed and threatened by some of these terrorists.… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
“He was impugning my virtue. I ought to have been offended, but for some reason the idea tickled me. That could be… — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
I will criticize President Obama on this level: it's a good thing I'm not president because I would prosecute every person that… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
In more than half the nations of our world, torture certifies that the form of government is tyranny. Only tyranny, no matter… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Where can an interrogation lead us which does not follow reason in its horizontal course, but seeks to retrace in time that… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“I imagine these men sitting in fashion control centers around the world thinking of new ways to torture women, new ways to… — Cristina Garcia Copy Share Image
I don't know if I've got the capacity for all of the creativity that I want to put out there, which is… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
I don't trust American intelligence. You look at the torture report from the Senate: People inside the CIA are saying that it… — Robert Baer Copy Share Image
“In cases of distasteful occupation, the second day is generally worse than the first; we return to the rack with all the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have to get the Diamond. And Cesare’s head.” They looked at me. “Why the head?” Doolittle asked. “Because it’s easy to… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
