Crime Quote by Jim Goad

My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.

— Marilyn Manson

Violence was very much a part of my mother's upbringing - a little less so with my father's, but my father was an angry…

— Rodney Crowell

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

— Quentin Crisp

I was one of those children forced into fighting at the age of 13, in my country Sierra Leone, a war that claimed the…

— Ishmael Beah

I faced a certain amount of violence. It taught me that I had to learn to protect myself - and it made me stronger.…

— Daniela Vega

Domestic violence was a way of life in my home growing up, my brother and I watched helplessly numerous times as my mother was…

— Troy Vincent

My dad was violent. Things were getting really bad and if I'd stayed, I might not be here now.

— Naveen Andrews

My father came back one day and forced my mother to submit to him. He raped her, holding a knife.

— Ethel Waters

Aside from accidentally by my kids, like wrestling around with my kids, no one has ever punched me in the face.

— Andy Richter

I didn't come from a household where my mother dragged me outside and said, "You'd better fight." My mother wouldn't let me fight. I…

— Mike Tyson

To see your mother beaten by your father is something you never forget. It's horrific. When my dad was like that, I hated him,…

— Coleen Nolan

Here was a period where I was particularly attacked, and in untrue ways, some people online said some things that were not true about…

— David Plotz