Guillotine Quote by Herbert Lom Download Open image “The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently.” — Herbert Lom ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Guillotine Used
“When England introduced drop hanging in 1783 and France introduced the guillotine in 1792, it was a moral advance, because an execution that instantly… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace… — William Greider Copy Share Image
I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
The guillotine has to fall somewhere when the team under-produces, and more times than not it's fallen on me. — Dustin Penner Copy Share Image
The whole famous Reign of Terror [of the 1790s] in fifteen months guillotined 2,596 aristos. The Versaillists [the anti-Communards of 1871] executed 20,000 before… — Guy Endore Copy Share Image
Everybody knows a guillotine choke, and most know how to get to one. But if you can create a different way to get to… — Bas Rutten Copy Share Image
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
But do you understand, I cry to him, do you understand that if you have the guillotine in the forefront, and with such glee,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For by giving it some hard thought, by considering the whole thing calmly, I could see that the trouble with the guillotine was that… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Asylum was good exposure for me and it is still shown quite often on television. I remember the special effects people had fun making… — Herbert Lom Copy Share Image
It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture. — Herbert Lom Copy Share Image
I remember the special effects people had fun making a little doll that looked like me - which is not so easy - and… — Herbert Lom Copy Share Image
They didn't have the money to keep Christopher Lee long enough to play his scenes with me. — Herbert Lom Copy Share Image
Forget the noose. Forget the Iron Maiden. Forget the electric chair or the guillotine. The mind was mankind's most painful torture chamber, the blessed… — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
“Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign of terror, in the shadow of the guillotine.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Part of my platform is, of course, the guilty must be punished and that we no longer let our children see their guilty leaders… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
Ever since my childhood, I was haunted by the search for perfection. An imperfectly cut paper literally made me ill. I would guillotine it. — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Somewhere within the concept of justice, the worst of the guilty must always be removed. I cannot divorce this, not completely. The people must… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
The old farm roads a four lane that leads to the mall, and our dreams are all guillotines waiting to fall. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
In France, the leader of Jacobinism perished on the guillotine; with us, the change of leadership was achieved by means of arrest and banishment.… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image