“States are far less violent than traditional bands and tribes. Modern Western countries, even in their most war-torn centuries, suffered no more… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
A small girl became increasingly paralysed by her parents' frequently violent rows. Sometimes she would spend hours standing completely still in the… — Sarah Kane Copy Share Image
Joy is not the same as pleasure or happiness. A wicked and evil man may have pleasure, while any ordinary mortal is… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Sociopaths are not usually physically violent. A typical sociopath never kills anybody and doesn't look like Charles Manson - they look like… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
All kinds of violence on the TV. You're not supposed to watch violence on the TV. Children, they can't watch it 'cause… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
I remember the '70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
It is well known that strong to violent tornado activity in the US has decreased markedly since statistics began in the 1950s,… — Roy Spencer Copy Share Image
In the face of death, especially violent death, things don't make sense anymore. So death is the dissolution of either physical form… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If peace activists really want to make changes, they have to start putting intense pressure on their elected officials. Of course, everything… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
The world around us is alive, he would have said, with our emotions and thoughts, and the space between any two people… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I want to try to apply my abilities sometimes to make families happy, so I have to make movies at a venue… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man is more naturally violent than woman. Four times as many men are involved in homicides as women. You might not pick… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
The violent portraits of God in Scripture have become one of the biggest obstacles to believers coming to faith. When we can… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by hardy Polynesian sailors, who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in primitive canoes, braving violent… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The murder clearance rate now in my city Baltimore is almost non-existent. Nobody can solve a murder, nobody can do any actual… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp.… — Ciaran Carson Copy Share Image
It never occurred to me that I’d be typecast, although I was. And I never thought of the role as a commercial… — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
No doubt that anarchist ideas are frightening to those in power. People in power can tolerate liberal ideas. They can tolerate ideas… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
It's important to realize that the series actually grows with the reader. "March: Book One" is a great introduction for kids as… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I see that within each human being there are two extremes: there's the loving, the passionate, altruistic side that has evolved with… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
But there is another way. And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love. It seems to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
...I believe it is woman's right to have a voice in all the laws and regulations by which she is to be… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
The United Nations exists not merely to preserve the peace but also to make change - even radical change - possible without… — Ralph Bunche Copy Share Image
In 1962 and 1963, there were two abominable decisions out of the Supreme Court, and that was taking prayer out of school,… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
Throughout history humans have inflicted countless violent, cruel, and hurtful acts on each other, and continue to do so. Are they all… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Waiting is one of life's hardships. It is hard enough to wait for chocolate cream pie while burnt roast beef is still… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've anchored my share of live coverage over the years, including car chases. At MSNBC, I often prayed the 'delay switch' would… — David Shuster Copy Share Image
The day has gone by when a monk can tear a Hypatia from the pursuit of philosophy and throw her to a… — Ellen Battelle Dietrick Copy Share Image
It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in networks. If I was… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
I present the thing we're going to do as a simple starting point. They all know it's an art piece and that… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions are not stronger, but the control over them… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
I got involved through the director of the show [Top Chef], he's a director of films in Mexico; I worked with him… — Ana Claudia Talancon Copy Share Image
“Occupation maybe means when army of another country enters our country and refuses to return to their country on one pretext or… — Tarif Naaz Copy Share Image
![“I got involved through the director of the show [Top Chef], he's a director of films in Mexico; I worked with him before. I watched the show in English -many times for many years - and I always loved it. As soon as I heard about having an opportunity to showcase Mexico in a different way, to show…” quote by Ana Claudia Talancon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/ana-claudia-talancon-62025_beautiful_i-got-involved-through-the-director-of-t_1639863.jpg)
