Quotes tagged ‘Aggression’

“Guys like that only understand one thing, raw, naked aggression and ball sports.”

— Howard Overman, Raquel, Susan Wokoma, imdb.com

“Let me lay out one of the personality differences between men and women, because it’s worth understanding. You might say, 'well, there can’t be personality differences between men and women, because that’s anti-feminist.' It’s like, 'no, it’s not. We might have to actually understand that there are…”

— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com

“It turns out that differences in aggression and agreeableness also predict differences in interest. So it turns out that men are more interested, in average, in things than women are; and women are more interested in people, on average. That’s actually the biggest difference that’s been measured bet…”

— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com

“The world has enough aggression and escalation without us adding to it.”

— Seth Meyers, Father Ra-Shawbard, Owen Wilson, imdb.com

“I do mind, Jeffrey ‘The Dude’ Lebowski minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man.”

— Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, Jeff Bridges, imdb.com

“Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Luke... Luke... do not... do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor or suffer your father's fate you will. Luk…”

— Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, imdb.com

“You look like a bunch of fifth-grade sissies after a cat fight! You got anger, that's good you're gonna need it, you got aggression that's even better you're gonna need that, too. But any little two-year-old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger, harnessing that aggression…”

— Gregory Allen Howard, Coach Herman Boone, Denzel Washington, imdb.com

“There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.”

— Baron de Montesquieu, amazon.com

“[to the waitress after having difficulty with his chopsticks] Excuse me, could I get a fork perhaps? [everyone laughs] Did you know that experts credit Confucius with the advent of the chopstick? He equated knives with acts of aggression.”

— Chris Mundy, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

“We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations”

— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com

“China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one... If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her…”

— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com

“Here’s to your perfect weapon , crack bones with blind aggression. Like birds whose wings are broken, you live without direction.”

— Andy Biersack, open.spotify.com

“We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.”

— B.F. Skinner, amazon.com

“We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.”

— B.F. Skinner, amazon.com

“Stress kills when you fuel the initial reaction with negative thoughts, aggressive behavior, belief and trust in the uncomfortable physical and emotional symptoms it causes. Don’t fuel it, and watch how fast stress disappears.”

— Charles F. Glassman, amazon.com