The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I would put primary emphasis on a good standard of living equitably distributed. It can't be equal, but one that eliminates the… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder. — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY OCCURS EACH TIME AS A NEW AND UNIQUE IMAGE OF THE WORLD, A HIEROGLYPHIC OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH. IT APPEARS… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
The excuse or toleration of cruelty upon any living creature by a woman is a deadly sin against the grandest force in… — Elizabeth Blackwell Copy Share Image
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Various species of animals react differently to the same drug. Not only do the variations in the metabolism of a drug make… — Bernard Brodie Copy Share Image
“So what if you’re right? So what if you’re wrong? In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn’t… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that (they allege) I would like to kill again the man I have… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
All I have left is my anger at the foolishness of the world. The unnecessary cruelties, the pomposity and vanity of people… — Stephen Hunt Copy Share Image
“The cruelty of this world casts a spell on the innocents, and together we will punish those who do not know the… — Casey Hill Copy Share Image
“By the way, a Bulgarian I met lately in Moscow," Ivan went on, seeming not to hear his brother's words, "told me… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“For the vile human pigs in life; the sloppy, disheveled, uncaring dregs, the ungrateful, and especially for the vicious, negative emotional peasants… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all were as… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“No, it really isn't, but trust me, getting divorced and having to start over is the least in life that isn't fair.… — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
If cruelty is no longer declared unlawful, but instead is applied as a matter of policy, it alters the fundamental relationship of… — Alberto J. Mora Copy Share Image
“{ From Lindsey's address at the funeral of renowned scientist Luther Burbank . Burbank was one of the most beloved people in… — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
“Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!" "Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What I do not know and cannot even hope to understand before I die is why human beings are willfully, coldly, matter-of-factly… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
“People. They're really innately, inherently gentle and compassionate and kind. That's what wrings, wrenches...something. Your entrails, maybe. The member of the mob… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
The greatest cruelties of our century have been the impersonal cruelties of remote decision, of system and routine, especially when they could… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At The Humane Society of the United States, we know how difficult it is to prevent cruelty to animals in movies because… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
Fewer people than you might think seem to have truly enjoyed their formative education and, for those who did not, one theme… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
“I abhor vivisection. It should at least be curbed. Better, it should be abolished. I know of no achievement through vivisection, no… — Charles Mayo Copy Share Image
And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Seeing the woman as she was made them remember the envy they had stored up from other times. so they chewed up… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
“Edward had used work and accomplishments throughout his life to keep the misery at bay. He’d endured so much heartache in the… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
“What is it the Bible teaches us? — repine, cruelty, and murder. What is it the Testament teaches us? — to believe… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“You see Carter, people are two things: greedy and cruel. So we have a perfect set-up here. The greed part - a… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
It seems to me that liberal and humane people, of whom there are many among us, would, if they were asked to… — Judith N. Shklar Copy Share Image
Vladimir Nabokov liked to examine cruelty and the human condition. That didn't mean he was cruel; there's no evidence he kicked puppies… — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I think of the people who commit these acts as children. They're in their 20s, but like certain children, they have been… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Girlhood is often marred by schoolgirl cruelty, a grim rite of passage in which parents sometimes cruelly collude. Mothers and fathers must… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Violence is the tool of the barbarian; aggression is the method of the primitive; bloodshed is the way of the savage; cruelty… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I'm not satisfied with the term 'evil.' We've inherited this word... and we use it to express our abhorrence when people do… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
He doesn't have super powers or the biggest, baddest gun. The point isn't how many people you can kill or how you… — Billy Zane Copy Share Image
