For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict -… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
If you are driven by certainty you can't grow. If you are driven by certainty if somebody messes with you, you can… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel… — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
What's shocking is cruelty and torture, and that's become our entertainment. Kids can play violent video games, but God forbid they look… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton says nobody should be deported that entered illegally unless they commit a violent felony, which is an argument for open… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
It makes my skin crawl to think about the violent ways snakes, lizards, alligators and other exotic creatures are raised and killed… — Kelly Brook Copy Share Image
The police have spent years pursuing Islamic extremism while too often overlooking the growing violent threat posed by the far-right. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
We know that violent measures against religion are nonsense; but this is an opinion: as socialism grows, religion will disappear. Its disappearance… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
His death certificate says he died first of pneumonia and secondly of Alzheimer's disease. They could have listed another cause of death:… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Mexico just needs more journalists, and especially more good places to publish and exhibit. There are all kinds of censorship practiced in… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
We're a miserably violent species. But there's a complication, which is we don't hate violence, we hate the wrong kind. And when… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation; and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
“States are far less violent than traditional bands and tribes. Modern Western countries, even in their most war-torn centuries, suffered no more… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Joy is not the same as pleasure or happiness. A wicked and evil man may have pleasure, while any ordinary mortal is… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The more red meat and blood we eat, the more bloodthirsty we get, the more violent we get. The more vegetarian food… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred;… — George Chapman Copy Share Image
It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy… — Edward James Olmos Copy Share Image
If you look at 1983, the film of the year was 'Terms of Endearment.' 'Scarface' was lumped in under the gratuitously violent… — Steven Bauer Copy Share Image
In terms of being vulgar, I don't think you need to be violent unless it's slapstick, violence to yourself. That can be… — Andy Dick Copy Share Image
Boycott of foreign cloth through picketing may easily be violent; through the use of khadi it is most natural and absolutely nonviolent. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I want to bear down on violent crime, in all its aspects from terrorism to sexual offences but definitely knife and gun… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
“It is just as often the case, however, that men are violent solely from expedience, because they believe in no higher law… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
The overwhelming pressure of mediocrity, sluggish and indomitable as a glacier, will mitigate the most violent, and depress the most exalted revolution. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
What if a kid goes to school after seeing Kill Bill and starts slicing up other kids? You know, I'll take that… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The West appears to have decided for the Ukrainian people what their choice is. The EU does not condemn violent actions in… — Sergey Lavrov Copy Share Image
We've directed the creation of a task force for reducing violent crime in America, including the horrendous situation - take a look… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Violent crime rates fell steadily from 1993 to 2002, and this nearly coincides with the establishment of the community policing program known… — Alan Mollohan Copy Share Image
“It was pretty late and the streets were quiet so she was almost sure no one had seen her drag the soul… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe… — Alfred Thayer Mahan Copy Share Image
Can any one deny that the old Israelites conceived Jahveh not only in the image of a man, but in that of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed… — Lisa Kudrow Copy Share Image
I'm using the death penalty to keep Alabama family safe from the most violent criminals, why? It's because it works. Recent studies… — Troy King Copy Share Image
I am confirmed in my belief that war is utter destructive violent chaos. There is no "art," no "order(s)," no "just war."… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
