Being Quote by Muriel Rukeyser

Not all young people are violent thugs/x factor loving zombies. I'm fed up of being generalised.

— Anonymous

We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace.

— James D. Watkins

“If a defining characteristic of the modern world is disorder, then the most fundamental act of resistance is to establish order.”

— Rod Dreher

Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should…

— Abraham Flexner

The actual world, not some fantastic structure that has nothing to do with reality, must provide the material for modern poetry.

— Muriel Rukeyser

They [terrorists] are trying to evoke sympathy for themselves. They're not sympathetic people. They're violent, cold-blooded killers who are trying to stop the advance…

— George W. Bush

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The liberal people are the violent people in this country. The Democrat Party are the violent people.

— Candace Owens

The only thing I learnt in high school is that people are very violent and territorial.

— Gerard Way

Kenya is a mercurial character. I feel the country has a presence that can turn on its people in a very violent way.

— Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Everything that's happening in our world is a function of what is going on inside of people. We are violent in our minds. We…

— Iyanla Vanzant

“I believe that in the deepest places in their hearts, people are violent and take pleasure in hurting each other.”

— Ruth Ozeki

In this world, people are violent toward people that they feel are conceptualized as smaller than them. It's an impulse that we have.

— Indya Moore

It's impossible for 30 million black people to be violent against 170 million - we need a mental revolution, unity in coming together, and not physical.

— Muhammad Ali

“But no religion is inherently violent or peaceful; people are violent or peaceful.”

— Reza Aslan