The natural man inevitably rebels against mathematics, a mild form of torture that could only be learned by painful processes of drill. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
In life eternal, there is perfect joy and light, without pain or torture, and there is communion with God Himself and His… — Jan Hus Copy Share Image
Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson. — Vern Law Copy Share Image
If waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Tourette's is involuntary in that it is impossible not to do. And it's torture to know what you're doing and not be… — Dash Mihok Copy Share Image
The deplorable thing is that the people who were tortured yesterday, torture today. — B. Traven Copy Share Image
Finishing is torture... There's always some newly seen flaw. But the little glimpses of beauty between the anxiety make it worth it. — Jacob Collins Copy Share Image
When I feel like I'm not doing what I am supposed to as a mother, I will torture myself. I don't know… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
“Thomas stares at the floor between us with hollow eyes. “I loved him, June,” he says after a moment. “I really did.… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Everybody says they're opposed to torture. But everyone would do it personally if they knew it could save the life of a… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It's no fun being an artist. You know… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Torture is senseless violence, born in fear... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment,… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
President Obama was right to ban torture, but the public must understand that this decision carries a potential cost in lost information.… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
The torture and other sadistic abuses of prisoners in Iraq have done immense damage already to America's reputation in the world, and… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
How I have tried and tried to be a splendid woman, and how destiny has been against me! ...I do not deserve… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence, because under torture a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Nothing exceptional [would happen to the world under a Hillary Clinton's presidency] - things would stay the same: sponsorship of "Color" or… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
A poet is an unhappy creature whose heart is tortured by deepest suffering but whose lips are so formed that when his… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Attorney General John Ashcroft has earned himself a remarkable distinction as the Torquemada of American law. Tomás de Torquemada...was largely responsible for...[the]… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
I told the people before they tortured me, please, don't torture me. I didn't do anything. They say, we have to torture… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
After 9-11, the President had a historic opportunity to unite Americans and the world in common cause. Instead, by exploiting the politics… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Women like to be scared, but they don't like the blood and the gore, and especially movies that have violence and torture… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
The United States is now relearning an ancient lesson, dating back to the Roman Empire. Brutalizing an enemy only serves to brutalize… — James Risen Copy Share Image
The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“Torture when inflicted on children becomes indefensible. Even among those who believe that torture is a defensible practice to extract information, the… — Henry A. Giroux Copy Share Image
“I cut off his fingers to get him to talk, and when he'd confessed everything I wanted to hear, I had his… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more. Penniless, and at the end… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we want to protect people against dictators or repression or torture, don't you need that rule to be universal so as… — Donald Tusk Copy Share Image
“What in god’s name happened to your nuts?” “They met a jet-powered water hose.” He grimaced. “They’re already healing.” A rare glint… — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, "We worship God through Christ!"… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
Many of the vicious criminals held there have been caught on the battlefield fighting against American troops and shutting down Guantanamo Bay… — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
I saw the various museum displays including scenes of torture while feeling heartfelt remorse and sorrow over the great pain and suffering… — Junichiro Koizumi Copy Share Image
I believe that we need to set conditions to close the detention facility at Guantanamo. This includes retaining the option to transfer… — Pete Visclosky Copy Share Image
I had these cheap alien toys and I made up stories for them. They were space pirates. They didn’t have names so… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“A child has no great wish to perfect himself in the use of an instrument of torture, but make it a means… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
“My doppelganger wraps the ear in a handkerchief and shoves it into his pocket as he leaves the train with a nod… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
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