Violent Quotes

1042 Violent quotes by 782 unique authors

To a considerable extent we are faced by a technology arms race with terrorists. The communications revolution has made it easier for terrorist groups to… — Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and… — Francis William Newman
I want to be optimistic because I don't think man is intrinsically violent. — Bruce Kent
No wonder we have a lot of violence in Rio: the corrupt and violent policemen meet the violent criminals in the streets. What else is… — Jose Padilha
We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time. — Jose Padilha
March is a month of considerable frustration - it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country the weather is… — Thalassa Cruso
For libertarians, freedom entails the right of people to live their lives any way they choose, so long as their conduct is peaceful. For conservatives,… — Jacob G. Hornberger
Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859. It is perhaps the most influential book that has ever been published, because it… — Henry Lipson
The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence. — Rory Miller
I believe that the death penalty is the ultimate deterrent to violent crime...period. — Troy King
I'm using the death penalty to keep Alabama family safe from the most violent criminals, why? It's because it works. Recent studies have said that… — Troy King
Whatever religious people may say about their love of God or the mandates of their religion, when their behavior toward others is violent and destructive,… — Charles Kimball
So, those who hate, those who are violent in nature, live in a world of hate and fear and violence inside themselves, inside their minds,… — Frederick Lenz
Playing characters that speak a very violent language was my livelihood. — Greg Bryk
We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary. — Thomas B. Macaulay
I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Necessity is a violent school-mistress. — Michel de Montaigne
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity. — William Hazlitt
What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker! They… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus, expiring, do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires… — William Shakespeare
Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and crooks; who never… — John Fugelsang
Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every… — Henri Matisse
Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of disgust... — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The landscape with its violent, pure colours dazzled and blinded me. I was always uncertain... — Paul Gauguin

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