Execution Quotes

388 quotes by 321 authors

Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically… — Robert A. Heinlein
Itâ€™s a big raised platform at the end of the square, with steps running up to it.â€ Like a stage?â€ Evanlyn suggested. â€œMaybe theyâ€™re planning… — John Flanagan
My weakness has always been to prefer the large intention of an unskilful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other words,… — Thomas Hardy
There is nothing dictators hate so much as that unassailable, eternally elusive, eternally provoking gleam. One of the main reasons why the very gallant Russian… — Vladimir Nabokov
If God is omnipotent and omniscient, why didn't he start the universe out in the first place so it would come out the way he… — Carl Sagan
And while I was not an admirer of people in the specific, I liked them in the abstract. It is only the execution of the… — Elizabeth McCracken
Nothing like having a warrant for your execution to get a girl motivated. — Maria V. Snyder
The bow is so old, its horsehair is glue Sent to the factory, just like me and like you So how come they stayed your… — Gayle Forman
The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you are not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy,… — Herman Wouk
Well that's too bad, because this is an assassination." "No, this is an execution." "The difference would be...?" "Assassination is murder. Execution is justice. — Rachel Vincent
An execution order hasnâ€™t kept us apart before. There are ways to get around it. We will be together.â€ â€œIs that an order?â€ â€œNo, a… — Maria V. Snyder
Briony began to understand the chasm that lay between an idea and its execution — Ian Mcewan
Friday morning, Kylie, Miranda, and Della, each carting suitcases, walked the trail to meet up with their parents. They walked slowly, like condemned prisoners moving… — C.C. Hunter
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to move, and it… — Saint Augustine
...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people. — Vince Flynn
In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour… — Thomas Hardy
That execution will take place here." She runs her fingertips over the table beneath her. "On this table. I thought it would be interesting to… — Veronica Roth
We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the… — Hermann Hesse
Von Loewe really should know me well enough by now to realize that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or… — Elizabeth Wein
Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution. — Elizabeth Wein

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