Bully Quotes

337 quotes by 286 authors

People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around. — Douglas Adams
Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to… — Victor Hugo
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the… — Theodore Roosevelt
The bully and the victim never quite forget their first relations. — E. M. Forster
Greg starts a middle school and asks: Why is "bullies" such a big PROBLEM? And says people need to shave twice a day. — Jeff Kinney
You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don't like bigots, bullies, snobs or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate." "Consciously, sir, consciously," Yossarian… — Joseph Heller
Then why canâ€™t I bully you into procreating? (Wulf) See! Iâ€™m the only human in history to have Viking yenta of his very own. God,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Life is a ï¬ght, but not everyoneâ€™s a ï¬ghter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species. — Andrew Vachss
Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable… — Margaret Thatcher
When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into a room. Entering… — Ian Mcewan
Go and don't come back, you can take the catmint. I have no quarrel with ThunderClan; I don't want to see cats suffer, whatever you… — Erin Hunter
He lunged again. This time I stood my ground and he checked his leap at the last second....and toppled sideways. I didn't hide my laugh… — Kelley Armstrong
Certitude leads to violence. This is a proposition that has an easy application and a difficult one. The easy application is to ideoologues, dogmatists, and… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The first question she was asked was What do you do? as if that were enough to define you. Nobody ever asked you who you… — Jodi Picoult
Ignoring is what you are supposed to do with bullies, so they get bored and leave you alone. But the problem in school is that… — Paul Murray
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sorrow can be a bully. — Amy Waldman
â€¦ that sour blend of loneliness and lust for recognition, shyness and extravagance, deep insecurity and self-intoxicated egomania, that drives poets and writers out of… — Amos Oz
There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil. — Gore Vidal
Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with a charisma and top marks is still a bully." She… — Patrick Ness

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