All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Throughout history, religious wars have always been the most brutal and cruel and merciless. — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly? — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is brutal. The brutality of ignorance is such that it will make you dead while alive. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Hollywood can be brutal, inhuman, the opposite of what the theatre is, and I had little desire to be part of it. — Joyce DeWitt Copy Share Image
We all want to judge; it's an intrinsic part of our society and human nature. I'm not surprised that talent shows are… — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
Comparison is a brutal assault upon one's self. Once you compare yourself to someone else, what you're really saying is that what… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
Mostly you don't want to make people feel bad because they carry that with them for the rest of their lives. I've… — Jackee Harry Copy Share Image
The liberation of Iraq, which is already hard to justify from the perspective of American interests, at least had the virtue of… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
[He] would drive his sculling boat through mile after mile, in a silent brutal programe of conditioning - he would work all… — Daniel Topolski Copy Share Image
On Veterans Day, I can't help think of my uncles who volunteered for the service after fleeing a brutal regime in the… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
That would be getting up at 5 am... I don't understand why film's shoot such brutal hours. I think it'd be worth… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
But for now, the future, like the past, means nothing. For now, there is only a homestead built of trash and scraps,… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Mere numbers cannot bring out ... the intimate essence of the experiment. This conviction comes naturally when one watches a subject at… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
“If the bible be true, God commanded his chosen people to destroy men simply for the crime of defending their native land.… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I was quite surprised when I started looking at the lyrics for 'Punk Prayer'. Given its brutal style, I did not expect… — Moddi Copy Share Image
If there is pain, nurse it, and if there is a flame, don't snuff it out, don't be brutal with it. Withdrawal… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
Russia is now recognized as the center of the global 'mutiny' against global dictatorship of the US and EU. Its generally peaceful… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Human existence is a brutal experience to me... it's a brutal, meaningless experience - an agonizing, meaningless experience with some oases, delight,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
North Korea's sin is that it refuses to surrender, to fall on its knees, to sacrifice its people. It refuses to become… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Surviving war is an excellent training process. If it weren't so brutal, I 'd recommend it as an excellent start-up course in… — Joumana Haddad Copy Share Image
I fall in love with Britain every day, with bridges, buses, blue skies... but it’s a brutal world, man. — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Origami Striptease reads like William S. Burroughs and Djuna Barnes howling at a brutal paper moon. — Susan Stinson Copy Share Image
“They fan out across the room, swift and surgical, the steps of this brutal ballet known by heart.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
To make fun of a person to his face is a brutal way of amusing one's self; be delicate and cunning, and… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
For me, working is the ultimate vacation, for lack of a better word. Its being in-between jobs were it becomes emotional, and… — Ashley Bell Copy Share Image
Change can be beautiful when we are brave enough to evolve with it, and change can be brutal when we fearfully resist. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
Since 1996, the Feminist Majority Foundation has been immersed in a campaign to support Afghan women and girls in their fight against… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next… — Enya Copy Share Image
I am not brutal or cruel to animals. My mission has always been to save dogs - especially troubled and abandoned dogs.… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track. — Jane Kaczmarek Copy Share Image
For this was the round of love: fear which leads on desire, tenderness and fury, and that brutal anguish which triumphantly follows… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
I do have one very brutal writing ritual. If I'm working in the morning, I don't allow myself a cup of tea… — Anthony Lane Copy Share Image
I would do prosthetics again, but not on a schedule like that [in Gigi Does It]. It was grueling and brutal and… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred… — David Remnick Copy Share Image