Quotes of: Violence Keyword

...kissing me with a violence that was terrifying and yet, somehow, the summit of all my tenderest dreams.

Nine Coaches Waiting

Love surrounds, softens and tires violence and force.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

The passive and overt violence waged against the women and children of the world must end.

Voice of Reason

We are all a part of a culture of violence that dominates every aspect of our lives.

Voice of Reason

I dare us to give up – maybe we’ll reach nirvana by the time we’re sixty.

Versions of Violence

Intolerance is a species of violence and therefore against our creed.

The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi

These raids didn't usually end in violence, but people got emotional, and emotional people did stupid things.

Whisperworld

Knocking on a door is so violent. Talk on the door. Try to get it to open up through communication, not violence.

Xazaqazax

Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.

P. J. O'Rourke

Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.

R. D. Laing

I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.

Samantha Morton

There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a number of possibilities.

Steven Pinker

I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.

Karin Slaughter

Violence always seems to me the worst form of tyranny. It deprives people of their rights, including the right to live.

Rebecca Solnit

Obviously I'm not a violent person; I don't like violence, but I would definitely go into defending myself if the situation arose.

Michelle Ryan

Colombia has been the leading western recipient of U.S. arms and training as violence has grown through the '90s.

Noam Chomsky

I do show violence as entertainment. Clearly, I'd be a liar if I said I didn't.

Nick Love

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

Dean Koontz

Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.

Alan Dershowitz

In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty.

Seamus Heaney

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.

Willie Mays