Violent Quotes

1042 quotes by 805 authors

Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying… — Jonathan Swift
The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and… — William James
We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all… — Will Durant
We know that violent measures against religion are nonsense; but this is an opinion: as socialism grows, religion will disappear. Its disappearance must be done… — Karl Marx
Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second… — Thucydides
There were horrendous, dramatic, violent quantities of green slimeâ€”oodles of it. It covered Howl completely. It draped his head and shoulders in sticky dollops, heaping… — Diana Wynne Jones
I don't mean go out and get violent; but at the same time you should never be nonviolent unless you run into some nonviolence. I'm… — Malcolm X
Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later. — Bob Filner
Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at the other forces… — Antonio Gramsci
I came to join the revolution, not to kill the Cambodian people. Look at me now. Am I a violent person? No. So, as far… — Pol Pot
That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in . — Paul Watson
I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders… — Nelson Mandela
Iâ€™m not for profiling people on the color of their skin, or on their religion, but I would take into account where they've been traveling… — Rand Paul
How slow life is, how violent hope is. — Guillaume Apollinaire
All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on… — V. S. Pritchett
Healing of the world's woes will not come through this or that social or political theory; not through violent changes in government, but in the… — Arthur James Moore
Maybe violent wickedness can be decapitated, but stupidity has too many heads. — Andre Glucksmann
You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that… — Owen Wilson
I see those picketers, and I think you know, if I weren't a loving, non-violent, spiritual person, I would really go over there and grab… — Ellen DeGeneres
Some believe that the only way to remove the authoritarian regime and replace it with a democratic one is through violent means. I would like… — Aung San Suu Kyi

Who Wrote These Violent Quotes

805 authors contributed a total of 1,042 Violent Quotes, led by these top contributors: