Cognitive Quote by 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

We actually lead very violent, passionate lives and I think that we're hungry for insights into this condition. That's why we get all that…

— Leonard Cohen

Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.

— Taylor Sheridan

I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It's not an intellectual process, it's an…

— Guy Ritchie

We all have violence inside of us, but we try to channel it into what we do.

— Max Cavalera

We're fascinated by things that scare us, and one of the things that scares us is violence. Violence exists. It's a real part of…

— Ethan Hawke

I think we can see violence in a whole range of realms. We certainly see it in the media, where extreme violence is now…

— Henry Giroux

“Society thinks of violent acts as manifestations of evil or immorality. We're told we have ultimate control over our own behavior, that each and…

— Tess Gerritsen

What we vision we guide as violence

— Anonymous

Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.

— Jane Goodall

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

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

— Steven Pinker