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Violence Quotes

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

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

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

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

Violence, Woman

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"Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me."

"Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me."

Woody Harrelson, American Actor

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"Nonviolence is fine as long as it works."

"Nonviolence is fine as long as it works."

Malcolm X, American Activist

Violence, Nonviolence

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"Violence is my last option."

"Violence is my last option."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

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"Violence is a tool of the ignorant."

"Violence is a tool of the ignorant."

Flip Wilson, American Comedian

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"Violence is the first refuge of the violent."

"Violence is the first refuge of the violent."

Aaron Allston, American Novelist

Violence, First

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"Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself."

"Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself."

Michael Scheuer, American Public Servant

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"If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down."

"If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down."

H. Rap Brown, American Activist

Violence, America

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"I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence."

"I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

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"Murder is like potato chips: you can't stop with just one."

"Murder is like potato chips: you can't stop with just one."

Stephen King, American Author

Violence, Power, Regret, Today

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"This explains why, whenever a person says sie to me, I generally try to kill him, if a stranger."

"This explains why, whenever a person says sie to me, I generally try to kill him, if a stranger."

Mark Twain, American Author

Violence, Killing, Anger, Reaction

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"It's what happens when you shoot someone, Wayne pointed out. "At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them."

"It's what happens when you shoot someone, Wayne pointed out. "At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Violence, Death, Reality, Consequence

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"Violence is the repartee of the illiterate."

"Violence is the repartee of the illiterate."

Alan Brien, English Novelist

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"A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing."

"A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

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"In violence, we forget who we are."

"In violence, we forget who we are."

Mary McCarthy, American Author

Violence, Forget

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"It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan."

"It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan."

Zakk Wylde, American Musician

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"There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures."

"There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures."

Bo Derek, American Actress

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"You're wondering if I really would slit your throat. To tell the truth, I don't know either, but think of the fun we could have finding out."

"You're wondering if I really would slit your throat. To tell the truth, I don't know either, but think of the fun we could have finding out."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Violence, Power, Truth, Today

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"Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains."

"Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Violence, Death, Despair, Action

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"A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?"

"A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?"

Jack Schwartz, American Scientist

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"This ferry was taken over by the Yumas and operated for them by a man named Callaghan, but within days it was burned and Callaghan's headless body floated anonymously downriver, a vulture standing between the shoulderblades in clerical black, silent rider to the sea."

"This ferry was taken over by the Yumas and operated for them by a man named Callaghan, but within days it was burned and Callaghan's headless body floated anonymously downriver, a vulture standing between the shoulderblades in clerical black, silent rider to the sea."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Violence, Death, History, War

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"There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism."

"There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism."

bell hooks, American Critic

Violence, Life, Death, Addiction

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"She surveyed the carnage behind him. "Did you have fun?"He showed her his teeth. "Yes."

"She surveyed the carnage behind him. "Did you have fun?"He showed her his teeth. "Yes."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Violence, Enjoyment, Darkness, Power

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"It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know."

"It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know."

William H. Macy, American Actor

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"Violence is a calm that disturbs you."

"Violence is a calm that disturbs you."

Jean Genet, French Dramatist

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"So bloody massacre, so nasty, so brutal he just starts to eat alive people flesh."

"So bloody massacre, so nasty, so brutal he just starts to eat alive people flesh."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Violence, Truth, Power, Regret

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"At that time, there was only one thing better that a good fight, and that was having a good fight and getting paid for it."

"At that time, there was only one thing better that a good fight, and that was having a good fight and getting paid for it."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Violence, Fight, Payment, Better, Time

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"All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do."

"All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Violence, Power, Threat, Suffering

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"Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed."

"Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Violence, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Faith

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"All that violence in the world, we need to stop that."

"All that violence in the world, we need to stop that."

Wyclef Jean, American Musician

Violence, World

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"Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free."

"Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Violence, Truth, Life, Power, Wisdom

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"From their perspective, however, torture might make a sort of cockeyed sense if it was ritualistic, part of a ceremony that this fraternity of the demented required of themselves when they murdered one of their own."

"From their perspective, however, torture might make a sort of cockeyed sense if it was ritualistic, part of a ceremony that this fraternity of the demented required of themselves when they murdered one of their own."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Violence, Ceremony, Madness, Murder

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"All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence."

"All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence."

Timothy Radcliffe, English Clergyman

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"In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell."

"In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell."

Norman Mailer, American Novelist

Violence, America, Experts, Spirit

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"Violence begins with the fork."

"Violence begins with the fork."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Violence, Beginning, Conflict, Peace

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"The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence."

"The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence."

Joan Baez, American Musician

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"When in doubt, shoot 1st and ask questions later, but avoid the head, "because they'rea lot more likely to answer if they're not dead."

"When in doubt, shoot 1st and ask questions later, but avoid the head, "because they'rea lot more likely to answer if they're not dead."

Lois Greiman, American Author

Violence, Survival, Conflict, Irony

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"An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided."

"An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Violence, Justification, Ethics, Peace

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"I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie."

"I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie."

H. Rap Brown, American Activist

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"CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not."

"CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not."

June Jordan, American Writer

Violence, Nonviolence

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"Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style."

"Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style."

Frank Bruno, British Athlete

Violence, Harmony, Style, Years

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"Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness."

"Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness."

James Broughton, American Director

Violence, End, Poets, Sadness, Youth

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"We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves."

"We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Violence, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance."

"I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance."

Justin Sane, American Musician

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"I've seen daggers pierce the chest,Children dying in the road,Crawling things hooked and baited,Rapists bound and then castrated,Villains singed in public square.Yet none these sights did make me cringeLike when my Love cut all her hair."

"I've seen daggers pierce the chest,Children dying in the road,Crawling things hooked and baited,Rapists bound and then castrated,Villains singed in public square.Yet none these sights did make me cringeLike when my Love cut all her hair."

Roman Payne, American Novelist

Violence, Love, Pain, Beauty

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"The system wears a mask of civility, yet will quickly reveal its true nature in the form of magnificently-purposed violence when needed."

"The system wears a mask of civility, yet will quickly reveal its true nature in the form of magnificently-purposed violence when needed."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Violence, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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"A terrorist is the most foolish and naÃ¯ve. He is drunk with fixed false beliefs that killing his neighbors will result in going to heaven."

"A terrorist is the most foolish and naÃ¯ve. He is drunk with fixed false beliefs that killing his neighbors will result in going to heaven."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Violence, Terrorist, Foolish, Beliefs

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"Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood."

"Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Violence, Wounds, Hurt, Conflict

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"I'm bored to death. Perhaps I should pillage one of my neighbors for my own amusement. It seems to work for Drowden."

"I'm bored to death. Perhaps I should pillage one of my neighbors for my own amusement. It seems to work for Drowden."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

Violence, Boredom, Satire, Absurdity

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