Quotes about Violence

38 quotes about Violence

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about violence

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison about violence

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and...

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about violence

I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.

Quote by John Abizaid about violence

So, these political activities will create friction in...

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

Quote by John Abizaid about violence

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing...

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about violence

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.

Quote by Joseph Addison about violence

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

Quote by George W. Bush about violence

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could...

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Quote by Albert Camus about violence

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical...

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about violence

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the...

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about violence

American culture is torn between our long romance with...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about violence

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about violence

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about violence

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence by females, and to the growing evidence that women can be just as aggressive as men.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about violence

This is difficult because so many of us are convinced that women are incapable of aggression on the same scale as men - that women are physically too weak, or are inherently, biologically different in aggressive capacity, or are spiritually...

Quote by Katherine Dunn about violence

Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence...

Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.

Quote by Salma Hayek about violence

If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

Quote by Salma Hayek about violence

There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.

Quote by Salma Hayek about violence

There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our...

There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

Quote by Frank Herbert about violence

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