Abnormal Quote by Assata Shakur

We see so much violence in films, whether it is Bollywood or south films. People are shown blowing up each other onscreen. It's like…

— Victor Banerjee

Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.

— Deborah Prothrow-Stith

We actually lead very violent, passionate lives and I think that we're hungry for insights into this condition. That's why we get all that…

— Leonard Cohen

Our culture has changed. It has become more violent. People are literally afraid to go to the movies or to school.

— Patty Judge

Violent drama has been a hallmark of every great civilization. It is not the cause of the disease - it is an immunizing factor.…

— Michael Moriarty

Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.

— Stanley Kubrick

For me, it's a real shock to see American mainstream films. I can't see these films because it's always the same thing to me.…

— Javier Camara

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

— Katherine Dunn

When we speak about a culture of violence in the American society, we're not just talking about the mass killers. We're also talking about…

— Jim Steyer

There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds…

— Alva Myrdal

Good stuff tends to happen gradually, whereas violence or catastrophes are deemed more newsworthy.

— Bill Gates