Bystanders Quotes

Bystanders Quote of the day

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

There are no innocent bystanders.

He was breakfasting in the marketplace, and the bystanders gathered round him with cries of "dog." "It is you who are dogs," cried he, "when you stand round and watch me at my breakfast."

Most evil in the world is only partly because of an evil person. Most of it is because of the complicity of bystanders.

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?

All male animals, including men, when they are in love, are apt to behave in ways that seem ludicrous to bystanders.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.

One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel.

Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders.

The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.

Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Like secondhand smoke, the leakage of emotions can make a bystander an innocent casualty of someone else's toxic state.

And Thou shalt never, but never be a bystander.

There was no one left to speak for me.

Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions and conceptions.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

Don't settle! Embrace a dream--and keep dreaming. Don't be a bystander. Take it personally.

Don't sit back and be a bystander of your own life

To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate.

I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that theatre can contribute to a certain analysis and commentary on our own world.

The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.

There are no bystanders in this life.

All the bystanders at an event worthy of note adopt various gestures of admiration when contemplating the occurrence.

New York is a wonderful place to shoot. The bystanders are great. They are enthusiastic. They respect the process, and you get the energy of the city.

There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for the hills, because I'm getting ready to take out bystanders.

I could've just walked away but I never could have forgiven myself to allow Starbucks to drift into mediocrity or not be relevant. I just couldn't be a bystander.

We had and incident. I took care of it." "Really." Jace's voice dripped sarcasm. "Do you even know how to use that knife, Clarissa? Without poking a hole in yourself or any innocent bystanders?

I live for those rare and delicious moments when the words on the page take off and I am the bystander, watching as the tale shows me what will happen next.

Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs...shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a 'well-regulated militia'?

As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never the center of our history.

There are no bystanders in a dharmayudh - it is a holy war.

I'm just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That's my level of involvement.

A divorce is much like a ten-car pile up. It affects not just two drivers but a whole slew of perimeter vehicles that get caught in the chaos. Not even innocent bystanders come out unscathed.