I cannot in all conscience agree to anyone being sent to the gallows. God alone can take life because He alone gives… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If you get hung up on everybody else's hang-ups, then the whole world's going to be nothing more than one huge gallows. — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
Under any circumstances, if I had to return to Turkey and face the gallows, I will not blink an eye. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
“The funnel of my family’s salvation must continue narrowing towards the gallows. That journey cannot begin at the parted tips of another… — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Gallows humor is part of our coping mechanism. It's part of our grief process. If we don't know what else to do,… — James Roday Copy Share Image
Tom Hyde, the tinker, standing on the gallows, was asked if he had anything to say. "Tell the tailors," said he, "to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I should like to make my mark. To venture opinions that may not be polite or even correct but are mine nonetheless.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Gas chamber, gallows. Electric chair, stake, firing squad. Hang by the neck till you’re dead, dead, dead, and may God recycle your… — John Varley Copy Share Image
The movie [ The Innkeepers] is in no way a comedy, but I would put some of the funny scenes up against… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Funny stories on set - there are thousands of them, but they are only funny to the people who were on the… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
And now that Thou has restored to me the knowledge of Thyself, O Lord, let thy pardon fall on me, since Thy… — Dominicus Corea Copy Share Image
The missionary is no longer a man, a conscience. He is a corpse, in the hands of a confraternity, without family, without… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer kneeling on the floor praying fervently to God. I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable… — Eberhard Bethge Copy Share Image
“I had seen that errible look on a man's face before, on the faces of those being dragged to the gallows. Some… — Karen Maitland Copy Share Image
When I consider how little of a rarity children are -- that every street and blind alley swarms with them -- that… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
“How do you know that out there, in the day or night According to latitude, the entire world Isn't wanting to be… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
Heaven knows insanity was disreputable enough, long ago; but now that the lawyers have got to cutting every gallows rope and picking… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
I support the protection of life from conception to natural death. But a natural death for a murderer is a death on… — Janusz Korwin-Mikke Copy Share Image
If you are an executioner, don't expect to have a friend closer than a gallows — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“For what sane man would freely make statements which, if accepted at face value, would consign him to the gallows?” — Graeme Macrae Burnet Copy Share Image
Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the gallows. — John Wilkes Copy Share Image
If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper. — Robert Alton Harris Copy Share Image
“Dr. Warren is no more but fell gloriously fighting for his Country-saying better to die honourably in the field than ignominiously hang… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
A voice behind me asked, "Where is God? Where is He? Where can He be now?" and a voice within me answered:… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
a man was on his way to the gallows when he met another, who asked him: where are you going, my friend?… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much… — Nellie Bly Copy Share Image
A tiny little wooden man [was] slowly ascending the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
As to my Title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable, the issue of the War must Settle… — Abraham Clark Copy Share Image
God forbid I should bleed to death, eh? Then you'd have to cart around my rotting corpse. (Kyrian) Could you be any… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“By accident, her gaze slipped onto the king’s face, and she found his dark eyes staring into hers. The king smirked. Her… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image