Able Quote by Wole Soyinka

Violence recoils on the violent.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Sometimes when we're incensed by the rancid tide of injustice, the impulse is to attack. We must avoid this. We have learned that violence…

— Russell Brand

I know it's easier to portray a world filled with cynicism and anger, where problems are solved with violence...It's an easy out. What's a…

— Jim Henson

To be violent is the ultimate laziness. War always seems a great effort, but it is the easy way. And false non-violence is also…

— Peter Brook

I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.

— Paul Walker

Violence does not resolve. It always leads to more violence.

— Mark Kurlansky

People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice…

— Steven Pinker

“Violence is a means of bargaining and signalling value within the marketplace.”

— Alex de Waal

I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong.

— Kathy Reichs

Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And, so long…

— Paul Bloom

The violence is the violence. I understand that we're sometimes squeamish about it, but I think that strength needs to be called on once…

— Greg Bryk

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

— Takeshi Kitano