Most of us were not violent by nature. We all had our problems with authority, but none of us were sociopaths. We came to realize that when you move your life off the social grid you give up the safety that society provides. On the fringe, blood and bullets are the rule of law and if you're a man wi…
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Power belongs to the people that take it. Nothing to do with their hard work, strong ambitions, or rightful qualifications, no. The actual will to take is often the only thing that’s necessary.
Even having done it, he’s not struck with horror or guilt.
I think ill probably most likely kill around 50 or 60
You might argue that Ron is a batterer and that any language that softens or obscures this fact leaves him less accountable for his actions, but Ron will be more likely to accept responsibility and feel remorse if he can view himself as more than a batterer. For people to look squarely at their harm…
Daredevil: You shot up a hospital. Castle: Yeah, and nobody got hurt who didn't deserve it.
— Mark Verheiden, Frank Castle / The Punisher, Jon Bernthal, imdb.com
Claire: Okay, but what does that look like? Like, what do you actually see? Matt: A world on fire. Claire: If all I saw was fire, I'd probably want to hit people too.
More violence and killing is not the answer. Executions are a barbaric form of societal revenge with no place in the modern world. The death penalty only perpetuates the cycle of violence.
I don’t know what other singers feel when they articulate lyrics, but being an 18-karat manic-depressive and having lived a life of violent emotional contradictions, I have an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as elation. I know what the cat who wrote the song is trying to say. I’ve been there…
How is a man like a gun? Keep one around long enough, and you’ll definitely want to shoot him.
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what it most truly is, is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.
Fascism is a reactionary force which is trying to preserve the old system by means of violence. What will you do with the Fascists? Argue with them? Try to convince them?
Well, a bat is longer and easier to swing, but I think we should go with a hammer, 'cause it's nearly impossible to block.
All right, there will be tears to shed for the ones we love who choose the shadows and who will be left to the floods and the fires and violence. They'll be lost to us forever, but we will remain in love and light and warmth, and that will see us through the pain of loss.
Don't hit a man at all if you can avoid it, but if you have to hit him, knock him out.
Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reach for the last one they had—but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way!
— Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, Dan O'Keeffe, Frank Costanza, Jerry Stiller, imdb.com
People with guns don't understand. That's why they get guns. Too many misunderstandings.
Yeah, yeah, then all of a sudden, this guy pulls out a gun. Well, I knew any delay is gonna cost her her pinky toe, so I got out of the seat and I started walking towards him. He says, ‘Where do you think you're going, Cracker Jack?’ I said, ‘Well, I got a little prize for ya, buddy’—knocked him out…
He's finished! I'm going to sew his ass to his face! I'm going to twist his neck so hard his lips will be his eyebrows! I'm going to break his joints and reattach them.
Men’s loyalty to violence is disturbing. When women want a life free of abuse, assault, threat, & coercion, men’s first suggestion is “Learn to fight back. Learn to defend yourself”. I don’t want my life to be a fight. I don’t want to “prove myself” through inflicting pain & fear. I don’t find viole…