Crime Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “Violence stops thought. Hence its popularity as a pain-killer.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Killers Pain Popularity Violence
I think violence has always been popular, way before movies started being made. — Norman Reedus Copy Share Image
But the myth of violent solutions as the ultimate solutions maintains itself in much of popular media. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you have violence, there's victims, which entertainment tends not to explore that as much. — Kari Skogland Copy Share Image
Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
