Conditions Quote by Leonard Cohen

We really are creatures of a violent world, biologically speaking - watching violence and learning about it is one of our cognitive drives.

— Steven Pinker

Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates…

— Bernice King

Violent drama has been a hallmark of every great civilization. It is not the cause of the disease - it is an immunizing factor.…

— Michael Moriarty

The abnormal, the sick, the vicious have become more and more interwoven into the violent culture of the United States. Into the way news…

— Assata Shakur

How our availability, our showing up, our presence, leaves us open to that violence. I think it's a question of language, as it arrives…

— Claudia Rankine

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies.

— Richard King

I think culture's always been violent, and it is something we find very entertaining. Not only does it reflect our social reality, but it…

— Leonard Cohen

We see so much violence in films, whether it is Bollywood or south films. People are shown blowing up each other onscreen. It's like…

— Victor Banerjee

Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.

— Deborah Prothrow-Stith

When we speak about a culture of violence in the American society, we're not just talking about the mass killers. We're also talking about…

— Jim Steyer

It has become a crusade of mine to demonstrate that TV need not be violent to be exciting.

— Gene Roddenberry

Even though I don't have any larger spiritual or ideological system, there is some logic in concert with a huge number of beautiful, disconcerting,…

— Elizabeth Neel