One of the biggest things that needs to change is the educational system. Universities are still teaching a system to students that… — Ray Anderson Copy Share Image
“When you walk into a chocolate store, suddenly the most difficult decision you will ever have to make in your life, is… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess,… — Stephen Stigler Copy Share Image
“Given involuntarily, and in an atmosphere of distrust, pain is torture, whatever the motive," suggests David. "But given consensually, between equals, pain… — Geoff Mains Copy Share Image
Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable to… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
I spent four years in the Marine Corp, and a big part of the Marine Corp, especially in boot camp, is torture.… — Travis Aaron Wade Copy Share Image
I'm exceptionally email un-savvy, so to reply to my emails is like a torture. It's like literally, half of all my emails,… — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
Many of the soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, and have not been supported by the government when they've requested psychological help.… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Tamlin's eyes were so green- green like the meadows of his estate. A shade that washed away the memories flooding through me,… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We can't literally talk with everybody else on the planet or even with representatives of every group. But we can be in… — Kwame Anthony Appiah Copy Share Image
Hence when a person is in great pain, the cause of which he cannot remove, he sets his teeth firmly together, or… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
Even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated -- not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy… — John Kiriakou Copy Share Image
“What about animals slaughtered for our consumption? who among us would be able to continue eating pork chops after visiting a factory… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“I wouldn't wish this sort of agony on my worst enemy. It was pure and complete torture. To know that, for the… — Courtney Giardina Copy Share Image
We must all die. But that I can save him from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Torture takes over someone's nervous system. Torture takes over what they feel. Torture takes over and penetrates into their mind and into… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, and then we torture them. The more we… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“I closed my eyes, seeking a moment of peace but finding none. Behind my eyelids, an entirely new nightmare was waiting. This… — Nicole Sobon Copy Share Image
“It was more natural to exist from moment to moment, accepting another ten minutes' life even with the certainty that there was… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
My take on the torture thing and even drones is: If we're going to get into assassination and torture, the second question… — Robert Baer Copy Share Image
The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
The United States is holding hundreds of suspected terrorists in prisons at Guantanamo and elsewhere. Many are locked up indefinitely. They have… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Of all parties I now see only one party- The Anarchist- which respects human life, and loudly insists upon the abolition of… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
In an era where the White House is abusing power, is excusing and authorizing torture and is spying on American citizens, I… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
Modern man likes to pretend that his thinking is wide-awake. But this wide-awake thinking has led us into the mazes of a… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Animals do feel like us, also joy, love, fear and pain but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation… — Denis de Rougemont Copy Share Image
The right of an individual to refuse to kill, to torture, or to participate in the preparation for the nuclear destruction of… — Sean MacBride Copy Share Image
I don't want to torture anything. It's about trying to live a life where I'm not contributing to the cruelty in the… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
“I realized that suspects under torture were being asked things they couldn’t possibly know about and giving answers they thought their torturers… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture but a joy for the pupil;… — Zoltan Kodaly Copy Share Image
Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“I think the best punishment for a misbehaving child is to strap them to a chair and make them listen to Lady… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
If you are sentenced to torture for a crime, yes, that is a cruel punishment. But the mere fact that somebody is… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image