Quotes tagged ‘Violence’

“Welcome to Twin Peaks. My name is Margaret Lanterman. I live in Twin Peaks. I am known as the Log Lady. There is a story behind that. There are many stories in Twin Peaks — some of them are sad, some funny. Some of them are stories of madness, of violence. Some are ordinary. Yet they all have about…”

— Mark Frost, David Lynch, Log Lady, Catherine E. Coulson, imdb.com

“Property is the fruit of labor...property is desirable...is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently…”

— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com

“You were just responding to what you learned, Vincent. When you grow up in an environment like that, an extremely abusive and violent household... it's not surprising that some people grow up to become killers.”

— Debra J. Fisher, Erica Messer, Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, imdb.com

“I'm just saying, if he did to me what he did to you, got me fired and made me think I was crazy when I wasn't, sent me off to get my brain zapped, I'd fucking rip his skin off.”

— Meredith Stiehm, Peter Quinn, Rupert Friend, imdb.com

“I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence.”

— Coretta Scott King, twitter.com

“Most men are not criminals, of course, but a huge majority of criminals are men. Men make up 93 percent of the American prison population, and young men die from accidents and violence at up to six times the rate of young women. The cause is not just poor socialization, however: Male violence is a p…”

— Sebastian Junger, nationalreview.com

“A 2015 report in Human Ethology Bulletin, for example, found a strong correlation between a woman’s self-reported vulnerability and her sexual preference for aggressive men.”

— Sebastian Junger, nationalreview.com

““I killed my first man at twelve. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve killed since then. High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children too— they’re all meat, and I’m the butcher.”

— George R. R. Martin, Sandor Clegane, amazon.com

“Killing is the sweetest thing there is.”

— George R. R. Martin, Sandor Clegane, amazon.com

“It is better to be feared than laughed at.”

— George R. R. Martin, Theon Greyjoy, amazon.com

“Louise: Speaking of Christmas, here is my annual list of demands. Bob: ‘My own apartment.’ Louise: And it cannot be a studio. You have exactly seven shopping days to comply. If it rolls into day eight, there will be tears and violence.”

— Kit Boss, Louise Belcher, Kristen Schaal, imdb.com

“So hows it been 40 years and all we fucking rap about is weapons?”

— Lil Ugly Mane, genius.com

“Heat from the barrel leave you shriveled like a raisin: start running, I'mma start gunning.”

— Lil Ugly Mane, open.spotify.com

“There's no higher power, there's no God. There's just chaos and violence and random, unpredictable evil that comes out of nowhere. It rips you to shreds.”

— Sera Gamble, Dean Winchester, Jensen Ackles, imdb.com

“Let's get gory, like a Tarantino movie.”

— Aminé, open.spotify.com

“You know the biggest difference between me and Mr. Pope? Damon made his bones being the smartest guy on the street. I made mine being the deadliest. Don't cross me, Jackson. I have no remorse killing you or any of the Sons.”

— Peter Elkoff, Kurt Sutter, August Marks, Billy Brown, imdb.com

“I understand the pain you're in, son. The reason for your silence. I lost a son and a nephew to gang violence. I didn't want anyone arrested. I wanted them all dead. Heartless, cold bullets to the back of the head, just the way they killed my boy. That's a natural reaction. The desire for revenge, i…”

— Kurt Sutter, Tyne Patterson, CCH Pounder, imdb.com

“There are lessons to be found here—but mostly, I do this so you can know me. Lately, as I write these, I realize they are as much for me as they are for you. This is the one place I can be completely open—the pen and paper has no judgment, no vote, it simply receives my truth and allows me to turn t…”

— Chris Collins, Kurt Sutter, imdb.com

“I never made a conscious decision to have the club become one thing or another. It just happened before my eyes. Each savage event was a catalyst for the next. And by the time the violence reached epic proportion, I couldn't see it. Blood was every color.”

— Brett Conrad, John Teller, Nicholas Guest, imdb.com

“Einstein said that any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. But it takes a touch of genius and lots of courage to move something in the opposite direction. I'm realizing that my touch of genius and my courage are coming too little, too late.”

— Nichole Beattie, John Teller, Nicholas Guest, imdb.com