Victim Quotes · Page 54

Modern Man is the victim of the very instruments he values most. Every gain in power, every mastery of natural forces, every…

— Lewis Mumford

There is something embarrassing in... the way in which, ... turning suffering into images, harsh and uncompromising though they are, ... wounds…

— Theodor Adorno

Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft.

— James Langevin

I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim,

— Al Sharpton

In a public dialogue with Salman in London he [Edward Said] had once described the Palestinian plight as one where his people,…

— Christopher Hitchens

I think [the death penalty is] very expensive, and the delays are inordinate, delaying closure for the victims' families.

— Rob McKenna

Becoming a victim is your choice.

— Rajashree Choudhury

Once the pain-body has taken you over, you want more pain. You become a victim or a perpetrator. You want to inflict…

— Eckhart Tolle

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.

— Gloria Swanson

The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake.…

— Anonymous

The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is…

— William Booth

She pulls a razor from her boot and a thousand victims fall around her feet.

— Tom Waits

Understand that thoughts are thoughts. If they are unreasonable, reason with them, even if you have no reason left. You are the…

— Matt Haig

Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the…

— Giles Andreae

Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain…

— Ariel Dorfman

That was a sarcastic remark pointing out that Bill Clinton has, quite a past, and Hillary Clinton has done quite a job…

— Rudy Giuliani

Egypt firmly and strongly condemns such attacks on civilians and soldiers that led to the deaths of a large number of innocent…

— Hosni Mubarak

One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Businesses should be assured that law enforcement will operate with the utmost sensitivity toward victims of cyber attacks.

— Preet Bharara

The story is framed around [avid Petraeus] resignation. So many headlines that followed talked about his ruined career. They completely ignore the…

— Paula Broadwell

Life is not fair, it never was and it is now and it won't ever be. Do not fall into the trap.…

— Matthew McConaughey

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

— Anonymous

One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at…

— Aldous Huxley

There is a perversion, much practised in Hollywood movies, that might be called sado-paternalism, whereby a surrogate father treats a gifted but…

— Philip French

I take a lot of pride in managing to be funny without having a victim at the end of my joke. I…

— Ross Mathews