Violent Quotes

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Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility. — Karl Abraham
All sudden and violent changes, whatever their causes or character, must tend to decrease the respect for status quo as a natural order of things. — Gunnar Myrdal
It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with… — Joyce Carol Oates
In rural areas the majority of the victims of violent crime know their assailants (indeed, are probably married to them); in cities, the killer and… — Jonathan Raban
For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare. — Nelson A. Miles
We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos and community. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went… — Dennis Lehane
My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation… — Colin Quinn
Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and… — L. Neil Smith
Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism. — Maggie Stiefvater
The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims. — Gijs de Vries
Meditation is a violent act of separation from mass consciousness and direct access to power. — Frederick Lenz
The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being… — Robert Jay Lifton
I play a lot of ultra-violent video games. — Cory Monteith
Joy is not the same as pleasure or happiness. A wicked and evil man may have pleasure, while any ordinary mortal is capable of being… — Fulton J. Sheen
I don't see myself as a violent guy. — Gene Hackman
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the faithful to enter… — Symeon the New Theologian
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and politics, the mass… — Parker J. Palmer
I wanted to say something different: the pictures are also a leave-taking, in several respects. Factually: these specific persons are dead; as a general statement,… — Gerhard Richter
It seems insane-so violent and loud. It's audacious that you would even think such a thing. — Dan Winters

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