Quotes tagged ‘Violence’

“Reason and compassion can win any argument better than violence.”

— Tony McNamara, Catherine, Elle Fanning, imdb.com

“Each year, about five thousand people kill someone and don’t get caught, and a percentage of these men and women have undoubtedly killed more than once.”

— Harry Campbell, newyorker.com

“Men hurt women. It is a fact. It is an epidemic. It is a public health catastrophe. It is normal.”

— Laura Bates, amazon.com

“These cycles of violence keep happening, and they’re like warning signs that we ignore. That’s why I was fascinated with books on genocide, and how this stuff keeps happening. It’s my biggest fear. It terrifies me, so I’m fascinated by it.”

— Trey Edward Shults, theverge.com

“Popular “tradwife” blogger the Thinking Housewife goes so far as to call that so-called provocative female attire a form of “aggression” against men, praising one reader who writes, “Immodest dress is analogous to male violence,” and others who describe such clothing choices as “a form of sexual har…”

— David Futrelle, washingtonpost.com

“Abolition is also about grappling with defending the humanity of people who you are scared of.”

— Olivia Gatwood, podcasts.apple.com

“Sexual assault is one of the least-reported crimes: According to RAINN, 68% of sexual assaults go unreported, and 97 out of 100 rapists never see a day in jail.”

— Hayley MacMillen, refinery29.com

“As noted by the U.S. Supreme Court in its ruling protecting games under the First Amendment, decades of scientific study have failed to prove such a link.”

— Colin Campbell, polygon.com

“Penn Badgley talks to Teen Vogue about gender-based violence and his work with migrant women and girls.”

— Erin Coulehan, teenvogue.com

“While there are valid criticisms around our promotion of this book that is no excuse for the fact that in some cases there have been threats of physical violence. We join with those in the Latinx community and others who have spoken out against such violence.”

— Bob Miller, npr.org

“So what I mean when I say that it’s different being a woman writer, and particularly a mother who is also a writer, is that I don’t think male authors are physically assaulted by their spouses for gaining a modicum of success.”

— Anonymous, longreads.com

“And in an environment where a body suddenly becomes a lethal weapon because of the speed at which it's moving, the danger, the adrenaline level, the need to protect yourself is far higher than it is in a normal environment.”

— Brett Harvey, Scott Dodds, Himself, Howard Bloom, imdb.com

“Amid the chaos of that day, when all I could hear was the thunder of gunshots, and all I could smell was the violence in the air, I look back and am amazed that my thoughts were so clear and true, that three words went through my mind endlessly, repeating themselves like a broken record: you're so c…”

— Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Alabama Whitman, Patricia Arquette, imdb.com

“In my case, you know, I hate to advocate drugs or liquor, violence, insanity to anyone. But in my case it's worked.”

— John Kaye, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Bill Murray, imdb.com

“I love wolves. because they love deeply, but they don't know how to express it, and they're often very violent and, quite frankly, murder the things that they love, and inside of the wolf is this beautiful heart. And yeah it's misguided, and yeah occasionally it murders things. and this little wolf…”

— Patrick Brice, Mark Duplass, imdb.com

“I love wolves. because they love deeply, but they don't know how to express it, and they're often very violent and, quite frankly, murder the things that they love, and inside of the wolf is this beautiful heart. And yeah it's misguided, and yeah occasionally it murders things. and this little wolf…”

— Patrick Brice, Mark Duplass, imdb.com

“I hate this, Johnny. I really do. I hate violence. That is why I had Rosie do this, I could never do that man, I could never hold a knife to Tyler’s throat, she was my woman. We shared time together. But, Rosie, he’s like a machine. He’s got this gift of blankness. Once you set him in motion, he wil…”

— Kurt Wimmer, W. Peter Iliff, Rick King, Bodhi, Edgar Ramirez, imdb.com

“Bodhi: It’s basic dog psychology: If you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, that promotes violence, and that’s how people get hurt. Roach: Peace through superior firepower.”

— Kurt Wimmer, W. Peter Iliff, Rick King, Bodhi, Edgar Ramirez, imdb.com

“If you go door to door in our nation and talk to citizens about domestic violence, almost everyone will insist that they do not support male violence against women, that they believe it to be morally and ethically wrong. However, if you then explain that we can only end male violence against women b…”

— Bell Hooks, amazon.com

“Richie Tozier: Who killed a psychotic clown before he was fourteen? Eddie Kaspbrak: Me. Richie Tozier: Who stabbed Bowers with a knife he pulled out of his own face? Eddie Kaspbrak: Also me. Richie Tozier: Who married a woman ten times his own body mass? Eddie Kaspbrak: Me. Richie Tozier: Yeah. You'…”

— Gary Dauberman, Richie Tozier, Bill Hader, imdb.com