Murder Quotes
1327 quotes by 948 authors
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The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The…
— Tryon Edwards
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O comfort-killing night, image of hell, Dim register and notary of shame, Black stage for tragedies and murders fell, Vast sin-concealing chaos, nurse of blame!
— William Shakespeare
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To bring into the world an unwanted human being is as antisocial an act as murder.
— Gore Vidal
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But shouldn't we also quit marketing murder as a game?
— Barack Obama
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We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich…
— Paul Brooks
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Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the women and children amid the…
— Stephen Crane
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Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it…
— Thomas Paine
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Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder! Strike…
— Helen Keller
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The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these are washed away by war.…
— John T. Flynn
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War is the spectacular and bloody projection of our everyday living. We precipitate war out of our daily lives; and without a transformation in ourselves,…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the…
— William Shakespeare
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While many people like the idea of exercising unconditional love, most eventually find it too draining and impossible to sustain, often because the attempt to…
— Aberjhani
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It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!
— May Sarton
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Not everybody's the perfect person in the world. I mean everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever. I think that…
— Terrelle Pryor
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You don't always have to go so far as to murder your darlings – those turns of phrase or images of which you felt extra…
— Diana Athill
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In talking about the [Emmett Till murder trial], you have to repeat the atmosphere. This is Mississippi in 1955, with a long history of intimidation…
— Charles Diggs
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It's the very awfulness of [murder] that makes reading about it feel so cozy.
— Louise Doughty
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Nobody’s ever been arrested for a murder; they have only ever been arrested for not planning it properly.
— Terry Hayes
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If I'm racist, don't think I would have directed shows like 'The Parkers' and 'The Wayans Brothers' or worked 41 episodes with Victoria Rowell on…
— Scott Baio
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Animals are sentient creatures. I love them very much. I do not feel that we have the right to torture, murder, and abuse them for…
— Davey Havok
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