Murder Quotes

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Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it. Weapons are unhappy… — Ursula K. Le Guin
They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder, writers advocating censorship,… — Ludwig von Mises
An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth - scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and… — Carl Sagan
She emptied her mind of all thought of herself, of her children, of all anger, of all rebellion, of all questions. Then with a profound… — Mario Puzo
I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long… — Barbara Mertz
Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man… — John Steinbeck
The earth is not a lair, neither is it a prison. The earth is a Paradise, the only one we'll ever know. We will realize… — Henry Miller
To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims. — Ayn Rand
My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any… — Albert Einstein
What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the irrational truth. It's… — George Saunders
It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in New York City, where many… — Regina Doman
Murder your darlings. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Why did you come if not to murder my king?" "I came to steal his magus." "You can't," said the magus in question. "I can… — Megan Whalen Turner
If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart,… — Jasper Fforde
Your servant here, he has been told to say it clear, to say it cold: It's over, it ain't going any further And now the… — Leonard Cohen
We tell ourselves stories in order to live...We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of… — Joan Didion
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, church, and your king, you are conventionally held… — Bertrand Russell
Specifically, Iâ€™d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since itâ€™s less wasteful. — Bill Watterson
It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the way home to… — Sloane Crosley
Should I eat first or accuse the Master of the City of murder? Choices, choices. -Anita — Laurell K. Hamilton

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