It is not enough to ask, 'Will my act harm other people?' Even if the answer is No, my act may still… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
I had to do something. A young man came into my home for protection. Is he dangerous? No. Is he a spy?… — Chiune Sugihara Copy Share Image
When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is rally hideous, and 'compassionate' and 'certified humane' or whatever, which 'may'… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a sense of duty tortures a man, it also enables him to achieve prodigies. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I am sorry to be so blunt, but I do not see much ambiguity here. [Barack] Obama was late to affirm the… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life. — Lucy Grealy Copy Share Image
In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
And dreams in their development have breath, And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy; They have a weight upon our… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Marx.... Lenin.... Mao Tse-Tung.... These men were animated by the love of brother and this we must believe though their ends meant… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“Remembering that only a few years ago men, women, and even children, were imprisoned, tortured and burned, for having expressed in an… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Through prayer we can carry in our heart all human pain and sorrow, all conflicts and agonies, all torture and war, all… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Making sure that when my child went to school people were enlightened enough not to torture them, you know? — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
“Those darling byegone times, Mr Carker,' said Cleopatra, 'with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, and their delightful places of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Anyway, the [Barack] Obama administration took four years to say they weren't gonna do anything on George W. Bush. There were all… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I don't believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortures of self-doubting the… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
As for those who protest that I am robbing people of the great comfort and consolation they gain from Christianity, I can… — Rupert Hughes Copy Share Image
So long as space remains, So long sentient beings' suffering remain, I will remain, In order to help, in order to serve...… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Other personalities are created to handle new traumas, their existence usually occurring one at a time. Each has a singular purpose and… — Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
Each time I work on a film, I say to myself, 'This is it. This is the end.' Because it is so… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
“Welcome my new paranoia, if you are not my reality, so where the hell is the fucking reality!?!?! To be or not… — Fereidoon Yazdi Copy Share Image