“It seems to me that sometimes the worst parents make the best grandparents. I'm not sure why. Maybe because there is enough… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
“There are entire blogs devoted to hating fat people on planes—describing their supposed transgressions and physical particulars in grotesque, gleeful detail, posting… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
“The man’s rights and the woman’s rights are the same size. They have the right to have their opinions and desires respected,… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the… — Vashti Quiroz-Vega Copy Share Image
“To be in the Army, you need to be smart or strong, and you privates ain’t either.” — Joseph Perry Grassi Copy Share Image
“It amazes me when education, religion and family values fail to create a human being.” — Anum Sattar Copy Share Image
“Verbal abuse by its very nature undermines and discounts its victim’s perceptions.” — Patricia Evans Copy Share Image
Never strike anyone so old, small or weak that verbal abuse would have sufficed. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“When anyone abuses you verbally, do not react. Because the very words that they are using against you are the very words… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
The central attitudes driving the Water Torturer are: You are crazy. You fly off the handle over nothing. I can easily convince… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
My mother saw her mother... her father walked out when they were very young and it was a lot of, I'd say… — Kathy Hochul Copy Share Image
“To any survivor who may be doubting whether what they’ve experienced is truly abuse, remember that emotional, verbal, and psychological abuse will… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
Men might be chastised for being promiscuous, but I think they're more likely to be given a pass, due to a "men… — Christine Sneed Copy Share Image
I dealt with men who had tempers, and who could get violent-Lord knows how I had to defend myself against Howard Hughes… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
“There certainly are some women who treat their male partners badly, berating them, calling them names, attempting to control them. The negative… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“When a man’s face contorts in bitterness and hatred, he looks a little insane. When his mood changes from elated to assaultive… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
![“I dealt with men who had tempers, and who could get violent-Lord knows how I had to defend myself against Howard Hughes and Frank Sinatra, and from Artie Shaw's verbal abuse. But George [C. Scott] was a different category of animal when he got drunk. He'd break into my hotel room, which he did in…” quote by Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/953/ava-gardner-8168_abuse_i-dealt-with-men-who-had-tempers-and-who_2636922.jpg)
