Killing Quotes

1591 Killing quotes by 1134 unique authors

Let me say it openly: we are surrounded by an enterprise of degradation, cruelty, and killing which rivals anything the Third Reich was capable of,… — J M Coetzee
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor — H. L. Mencken
Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name — Ernest Dimnet
Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept. — Swami Vivekananda
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to… — Swami Vivekananda
These practices - non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and non-receiving - are to be practised by every man, woman, and child; by every soul, irrespective of… — Swami Vivekananda
The more we struggle for life as pleasure, the more we are actually killing what we love. — Alan Watts
This is our message - killing is wrong. Mass killing is wrong. Threatening mass destruction is a denial of our own humanity and is suicidal.… — Unknown Author
So many people around the world have used nonviolence as a way to resolve a conflict that they faced in their lives. And they continue… — Arun Manilal Gandhi
Our mission has been the protection of the wage-worker, now; to increase his wages; to cut hours off the long workday, which was killing him;… — Samuel Gompers
Segmented killing and hatred will only stop when we enlarge our personal, national, and international circles of concern to include all six billion people on… — Cindy Sheehan
One animal or plant species may become extinct every hour. All species are doomed to extinction, but man through worldwide development/killing animals for food/profit/using toxic… — Unknown Author
The best bet for the horses would be to stop betting on the Derby and other horse races, and to stop breeding, racing and killing… — Ingrid Newkirk
If killing [animal research scientists] is the only way to stop them, then I said killing them would certainly be justified. — Jerry Vlasak
We're against animal fighting and killing animals for fur.... We want Americans to eat fewer animals — Wayne Pacelle
I'm not saying people should go out and start killing," the California-based Vlasak says. But he's not saying activists shouldn't kill either, even though he's… — Jerry Vlasak
In the killing of animals there is cruelty, rage, and the accustoming of oneself to the bad habit of shedding innocent blood. — Unknown Author
In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all living beings. — Nhat Hanh
We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our… — Nhat Hanh
I don't believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it's killing you! That would be negotiable. — Chrissie Hynde
It's not a very big one, but at least it's dead and it took an awful lot of killing! — Prince Philip
What would you do, sir, if terrorists were killing 45,000 people every year in this country? Well, the current health care system, the insurance companies,… — Keith Olbermann
All the killings are going to be blamed on me. — Richard Ramirez
Mass killings have gone from being an extremely rare occurrence to a common occurrence. — Unknown Author
I think we have deluded ourselves into believing that people don't know that abortion is killing. So any pretense that abortion is not killing is… — Faye Wattleton

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