Violent Quotes

There is nothing in Islam that is more violent than Christianity.

Like a tree, a woman can't carry the weight of two seasons simultaneously. In the violent struggle of trying, she'll miss every bit of joy each season promises to bring.

Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.

A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society.

Peaceful and kind one monk is more valuable than violent and rude ten thousand men!

Through my mind, is just the horror of these people. I had been held by them, I knew how violent they were.

The United States were a 35-year-old man, I think he'd be in a mental institution. Violent tendencies - delusions of grandeur - medicate heavily.

Never ever say the word shoot when you are taking a picture with a camera because a camera is not a violent weapon.

The art of our time, sacred art included, will necessarily be characterized by a certain poverty, grimness and roughness which correspond to the violent realities of a cruel age.

Art is a way to get strength from something that is life-affirming. It can be quite violent and still be life-affirming.

Football is a violent game. We are violent men.

Just stay close to us. If we get in trouble, we'll kill everything.

Can any one deny that the old Israelites conceived Jahveh not only in the image of a man, but in that of a changeable, irritable, and, occasionally, violent man?

But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.

I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.

Meditation is a violent act of separation from mass consciousness and direct access to power.

Anger is a violent act, envy a constant habit - no one can be always angry, but he may be always envious.

Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.

You can't blame a victim for being under the influence when there is a violent act [happening to them]. These are two separate things.

No wonder we have a lot of violence in Rio: the corrupt and violent policemen meet the violent criminals in the streets. What else is going to happen?

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

I'd rather be on my own than be with a violent man.

We have states that are throwing away the DNA of rapists. How can a woman be so inconsequential, that we as a nation aren't standing up and doing something about this intimate, violent act?

The mystics will tell you death is perfectly safe. A violent act will beget a violent act; it is simply a law.

An encounter with god or with the transcendent, per se, can only occur when we experience the violent side of god.

Every organism requires an environment of friends, partly to shield it from violent changes, and partly to supply it with its wants.

The non-violent movement seeks justice and reconciliation, not victory - or not just victory.

At home, Danes try to resolve their problems amicably so it's just surreal to see these violent pictures on TV. But as the prime minister, I can't be controlled by my emotions.

I was always a sensitive, sweet kid, but I got brutalized and I became brutal. And frankly, I don't think it was my natural makeup. I don't think its anyone's natural makeup to be a violent brawler.

I have never been in a violent movie or television show.

Kids and violent TV, violent TV and violence, violence and kids. The only people missing from this discussion are the parents. Where are we? Gone. Abdicated.

I would recommend all men in choosing a profession to avoid any that may require an apology at every turn; either an apology or else a somewhat violent assertion of right.

A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent means.

Did I feel a physical desire for him? I did. Was I moved by a passion of my body? I was. Have I experienced the most violent form of sensual pleasure? I have.

For the first time since her return, she felt pain, a violent pain, but it made her feel alive, because it was worth feeling.

There's only one passion in most artists more violent than their desire for admiration: their fear of identifying the nature of such admiration as they do receive.

The world is less violent than it has ever been.

America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists.

I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.

If you ask the average person they'd tell ya, "Naw, it's much more dangerous," despite the fact that violent crime has dropped precipitously.

When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.

America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem than it was not just 20, 30 years ago, but when I came in as president.

To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek.

I was a violent, bipolar, compulsive liar. I was a real American.

I suppose you could be a member of a terrorist organization in a non-violent way, in the laundry or the catering department.

Talking of white supremacist violent types, I was in America, recently.

It is time to put more cops on the beat and remove our most violent repeat offenders from our neighborhood streets.

With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety.

I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.