Passion Quote by D.M. Pratt

We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.

— Toni Morrison

Violence, passion, indignation, loyalty, integrity, incorruptibility, shameless egoism, generosity, excitability, energy, a hundred horse-power drive - none of it very subtle: Ethel [Smyth] didn't…

— Vita Sackville-West

I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I can accept…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I accept that violence is not the answer... but...no one ever said anything about poison.

— Anonymous

“While violence is necessary, it is not the only instrument for change. There are others just as good. But you must accept violence- you…

— F. Sionil José

Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able…

— Pope John Paul II

We're going to send a unified message to the rest of this country, which is that we do not accept violence in this community.…

— Ted Wheeler

Generally speaking, I'm much more in favour of penises entering vaginas than axes entering skulls. But the world seems to accept the violence a…

— George R. R. Martin

Once we accept violence as an adaptation, it makes sense that its expression is calibrated to the environment. The same individual will behave differently…

— Paul Bloom

At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and…

— Daniel Fried

At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us…

— Pauline Kael

Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as…

— Edgar Friedenberg