Abuse Quotes · Page 19

“If he’s hitting you now, stop contemplating leaving him, and just leave.”

— Osayi Osar-Emokpae

Unfortunately, there is a lot of abuse and negativity online.

— Normani Kordei

There wasn't a game in the Eighties when you didn't get racial abuse as a black player.

— John Barnes

“My hands twitch as they tremble and every nerve and muscle in my body is frozen—numb.”

— J. Kahele

Blame them for hurting you, and blame yourself for putting up with it.

— SONYA PARKER

“Some people think it’s a jungle out here. It’s not… It’s a fucking zoo!" - excerpt from: freefalling”

— Darlenne Susan Girard

The abuse on Twitter has become so commonplace and accepted that people have literally made careers out of it.

— Ana Kasparian

“No one could leave the group by his or her own volition and put the group at risk of having its secrets…

— Judith Spencer

When I give you my heart I do not give you the authority to rule it, abuse it, or use it. I…

— Anonymous

“Life is full of challenges. In the end, it's getting up that pulls us through the dark days. So we can admire…

— Azelene Williams

In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate…

— John Yoo

He doesnt have to hit you for it to be abuse. He can degrade, humiliate, blame, curse, manipulate, or try to control…

— Anonymous

You can be big, and you can be successful, but you cannot abuse your power to stop others from challenging you from…

— Margrethe Vestager

While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse…

— Carre Otis

I only wish that I had had the courage and the knowledge to have gotten that out of my system, out of…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

“There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell…

— C. Kennedy

Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose…

— John F. Kerry

Equality is deemed by many a mere speculative chimera, which can never be reduced to practice. But if the abuse is inevitable,…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Whenever black folks speak candidly about the horrors of police brutality, the default reaction in the United States isn't to start disrupting…

— Jemele Hill

If abuses are destroyed, we must destroy them. If slaves are freed, we must free them. If new truths are discovered, we…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Type II trauma also often occurs within a closed context - such as a family, a religious group, a workplace, a chain…

— Christine A. Courtois

“Let’s face it: suffering discredits goodness. I’m agnostic in practice though faith-based in theory. I used to pray but now know he’ll…

— Chila Woychik

“The programme into which Cheryl was inducted combined all the different ways the intelligence community had learned could cause intense psychological change…

— Cheryl Hersha

“The town was more than ready to accept the window dressing that hid the ugly truth of Joe's guilt. Some shared the…

— Judith Spencer

I went through a lot of abuse and a lot of really difficult things growing up - depression, anxiety, attempted suicide.

— Pattie Mallette

Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.

— Charles W. Pickering

The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses.

— Pat Buckley

A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or…

— Dalai Lama

No matter how much poverty you grow up with, you shouldn't be subjected to violence and abuse.

— Jimmy Barnes

The abuse of children is the worst offence that anybody can commit.

— Ann Widdecombe

Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law.

— Lamar S. Smith

As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.

— Gautama Buddha

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I think it used to be an accepted leadership tactic to essentially abuse people.

— Brendan Hunt

Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.

— Mencius

I see the skin from the inside out when I'm operating on it - I can see the dehydration and the abuse.

— Paul Nassif

The court does not fly off the handle. It does not shout abuse. It speaks calmly.

— Janusz Korczak

Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused animals in the country.

— Sam Simon

Psychiatry does not commit human rights abuse. It is a human rights abuse.

— Thomas Szasz

The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it.

— Peter F. Hamilton