Maimed Quotes

43 quotes by 42 authors

People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally… — Bruce Sterling
With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process… — Charles Darwin
The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin,… — Eric Hoffer
Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers;… — Patrick Cleburne
If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and a… — D. H. Lawrence
Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic heart. — William Butler Yeats
When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious. — Edna O'Brien
Pain is very often a maimed creature without a mouth. — Jeanette Winterson
They had killed themselves over our dying forests, over manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they had killed themselves… — Jeffrey Eugenides
The men who were well enough to stand had moved across the carriage to cheer the Italians as they went past. A crutch waved out… — George Orwell
What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy. I wasn't starving or maimed by a land mine or orphaned. Yet… — Jodi Picoult
I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of… — Oscar Wilde
They wanted to have a good time, but they were like children playing in the street; they could see one after another of them being… — Philip K. Dick
Strange how it was always the spoiled who weakened and cried first, and it was the injured, the maimed, the blind, and the poor who… — Louis L'Amour
(...) I let go, crying and unable to stop because God was such a dirty crook, contemptible skunk, that's what he was for doing that… — John Fante
She was tired of being told how it was by this generation, whoâ€™d botched things so badly. Theyâ€™d sold their children a pack of lies:… — Libba Bray
She reached out and touched the kingâ€™s face, cupping his cheek in her hand. â€œJust a nightmare,â€ he said, his voice still rough. The queenâ€™s… — Megan Whalen Turner
They had bombed and burned,killed and maimed,plundered and looted.Now they had come to claim the land. — Susan Abulhawa
The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for the utter abolition of boxing… — John Boyle O'Reilly
To be sure, those who are actually engaged in combat - those who actually see the maimed bodies and mourning mothers - struggle more than… — Stanley Hauerwas

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