Abuse Quotes · Page 15

There are two things that interest me - and they're both power, ultimately. One is not having it and one is abusing…

— Joss Whedon

At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.

— Banksy

It would be easy to abuse a person when they never recognized it as abuse.

— Marissa Meyer

A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it.

— Maximillian Degenerez

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.

— Diane Watson

I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.

— Andrew Cuomo

“Abuse came in many forms; it didn’t need a bruise to leave damage.”

— Ruth Cardello

“Interchangeable ever were the terms of abuse with which the aggressor discredits those about to be ravaged!”

— Malcolm Lowry

I realize I'm very fortunate to hopefully make a lot of money playing football. I don't know if I want to abuse…

— Andrew Luck

I wrote when I was a young teen, but I didn't put an eye on the available markets until I was seventeen.…

— Robert Reed

When working at Women's Aid, I met countless women whose families had not believed them when they spoke of their abuse at…

— Jess Phillips

I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was…

— Jackie Robinson

Verbal abuse is still abuse. It's abuse in the form of words. Don't assume that a few hurtful words won't cost them…

— Anonymous

Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and…

— Charles Caleb Colton

We can all do something to help end domestic violence. A Real Man would never abuse his partner or children, and I…

— Ricky Whittle

“Abuse is not his goal, but control is, and he finds himself using abuse to gain the control he feels he has…

— Lundy Bancroft

“emotional abuse is much more than verbal abuse. Emotional abuse can be defined as any nonphysical behavior that is designed to control,…

— Beverly Engel

Some argue that even physical databases were open to abuse and fake passports or driving licenses were fairly common. But technology, coupled…

— Sucheta Dalal

“The FMSF achieved prominence partly as a response to increased possibilities for women to institute criminal or civil proceedings that relate to…

— Sue Campbell

“Warm, buttery sunlight through the leaves, setting them glowing like rubies and citrines. The damp, earthen scent of rotting things beneath the…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Have you ever heard a woman claim that the reason why she is chronically mistreating her male partner is because a previous…

— Lundy Bancroft

Kid's heads are filled with so many nonfacts that when they get out of school they're totally unprepared to do anything. They…

— Frank Zappa

“When I deny the seriousness of my abuse I agree with my abuser and those who wouldn't acknowledge it. When I am…

— Patty Hite

“It's not fair. It's not fair that he lets his rage take over, that he lets it rule him. I don't know…

— Amanda Grace

The abuse of civilians and combatants has existed since the dawn of time.

— Peter Maurer

“I see an unexpected police stop as an opportunity to gather information on police corruption.”

— Steven Magee

Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.

— Ajit Pai

We've got to look at waste, fraud, and abuse across the board.

— Chuck Fleischmann

If you have to abuse your power, you're probably in the process of losing it.

— Robert Sapolsky

'Why do people abuse animals? Is there somthing f'd up in there head?

— Andrew Bernard

“You are being abused if you find yourself apologizing when you didn't do anything.”

— Anonymous

I don't think the very fact that I'm a woman makes me suddenly more vulnerable or more inherently used and abused.

— Esme Bianco

I lived in public housing and had to struggle with depression and substance abuse.

— Ritchie Torres

Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.

— Thomas Jefferson

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

— Lincoln Steffens

“I cringe when I hear people abuse the Bible to bolster a twisted version of the American Dream.”

— John Mark Comer

I grew up in a terrible home of abuse and I didn't realize I was in a home of abuse.

— Frank Shamrock

There's no reason to abuse the people who give you your monthly pay check.

— Jack Conte

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