Dad was grieved over the loss of his father— he had loved him, very much. It’s impossible for me to reckon that with Dad taking the lives of ten innocent people.
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Quotes tagged ‘Violence’
All families get into arguments, but what my father did was inexcusable. Yet, at the time, we dismissed it. It’d been that way as long as I could recall: Dad is under a lot of stress. He just lost control. He didn’t mean it. He will apologize soon.
Dad committed murder three more times after I was born. Even now, it’s not possible to reconcile the man and life I knew with the other man— and his other life.
“There’s a bad man in the house— in my room.”
My dad was raising children, yet he chose to take another mother away from her own children. He was about to have a daughter yet took two more daughters away from their families.
The house I grew up in had deadbolts, which were always kept locked. No matter the time of day.
If we can attribute the violence of a few to the speech of public figures, the only available solution would be to curtail speech. And we cannot base our standard for protected speech on those with eggshell skulls.
Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow.
Violence is discouraged but not prohibited.
— Sam Bromell, Jacqui Rivera, Sinead Daly, Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz, Jimmy Smits, imdb.com
I’m gonna knock you to Sunday, wait for you on Tuesday.
— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Andrew Bernstein, Jacqui Rivera, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com
Guerrero: I got to warn you guys, if this gets violent, I'm gonna fight back. Alfredo the Thug: You think you're gonna fight back? Guerrero: All right, maybe fight back's a little misleading. I'll take the beating 'cause that's all you two amateurs are cleared to do. And then one night soon, I'm gon…
— Jonathan E. Steinberg, Guerrero, Jackie Earle Haley, imdb.com
Nobody’s going to say they believe in violence. Nobody who’s not a sociopath, I guess.
Morpheus: We've survived by hiding from them, by running from them. But they are the gatekeepers. They are guarding all the doors, they are holding all the keys. Which means that sooner or later, someone is going to have to fight them. Neo: Someone? Morpheus: I've seen an agent punch through a concr…
— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne, imdb.com
Carmine Rosato: We're all very happy about your decision, Frankie. You're not going to regret it! Frank Pentangeli: I don't like this C-note, Rosato. I take that as an insult. Tony Rosato: [wraps a garrote around Pentangeli's neck] Michael Corleone says 'Hello'! [drags Pentangeli to a back room and…
— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Carmine Rosato, Carmine Caridi, imdb.com
[Vito returns years later to Sicily and meets Don Ciccio, the man who murdered Vito's family] Don Ciccio: I see you took the name of the town. What was your father's name? Vito Corleone: Antonio Andolini. Don Ciccio: You'll have to speak up. I can't hear you Vito Corleone: My father's name was Anton…
— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Don Vito Corleone, Robert De Niro, imdb.com
Capt. McCluskey: I thought I got all you Guinea hoods locked up! What the hell are you doing here? Michael: What happened to the men who were guarding my father, Captain? Capt. McCluskey: I pulled them guys off of here, eh, now get away from this hospital! Michael: I'm not leaving until you put some…
— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Capt. Mark McCluskey, Sterling Hayden, imdb.com
I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman; blood is a big expense.
— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Sollozzo, Al Lettieri, imdb.com
Until mankind is peaceful enough not to have violence on the news, there's no point in taking it out of shows that need it for entertainment value.
— Amy Heckerling, Cher Horowitz, Alicia Silverstone, imdb.com
The instinct of violence curls inside us like a parasite, waiting for a chance to feed on our rage and multiply until it bursts out of us.
At its heart, violence is almost always, in one way or another, personal.
— Steve Blackman, Quellcrist Falconer, Renée Elise Goldsberry, imdb.com