Quotes tagged ‘Mercy’

“The bigger the sinner, the warmer the welcome. Mercy is the dynamite that blows down walls.”

— Anthony McCarten, Jorge Bergoglio/Pope Francis, Jonathan Pryce, imdb.com

“Simba: It's over, Scar. Scar: Have mercy on me. Simba: Mercy? For what you did. Scar: It was the hyenas. Those were the revolting, scavengers made me do it. I was planning on killing them all. Simba: You fooled the hyenas? Just like you fooled me. Scar: Simba, you wouldn't kill your only uncle. Simb…”

— Jeff Nathanson, Brenda Chapman, Simba (voice), Donald Glover, imdb.com

“We do not train to be merciful here. Mercy is for the weak. Here, in the streets, in competition: A man confronts you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.”

— Robert Mark Kamen, John Kreese, Martin Kove, imdb.com

“The people Jesus loved were shopping at The Star Market yesterday. An old lead-colored man standing next to me at the checkout breathed so heavily I had to step back a few steps. Even after his bags were packed he still stood, breathing hard and hawking into his hand. The feeble, the lame, I could h…”

— Marie Howe, apmpodcasts.org

“We should proceed in a spirit of humility, with the awareness that nobody has the franchise on truth, especially when it comes to the complexities and nuances of a troubled family system. Tell the truth, but aim for mercy.”

— Steve Almond, nytimes.com

“OK, hold hands. Clear your minds, and focus on your breath. Imagine a perfect warrior of justice, mercy, and light.”

— Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer, Amaya Jiwe, Maisie Richardson Sellers, imdb.com

“Next time they shine your light in the sky, don’t go to it. The Bat is dead. Bury it. Consider this mercy.”

— David S. Goyer, Chris Terrio, Clark Kent / Superman, Henry Cavill, imdb.com

“I won’t kill you…but I won’t have to save you.”

— David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Bruce Wayne / Batman, Christian Bale, imdb.com

“The madness of mercy.”

— George R. R. Martin, Eddard 'Ned' Stark, Sean Bean, imdb.com

“My brave comrades, with unprecedented patriotism, did their duty to the utmost.”

— Fidel Castro, marxists.org

“Everyone had instructions, first of all, to be humane in the struggle.”

— Fidel Castro, marxists.org

“For my dead comrades, I claim no vengeance.”

— Fidel Castro, marxists.org

“When one has stood face to face with famine, with death by starvation itself, then surely one should have had one's eyes opened to the full extent of this misfortune. When one has beheld the great beseeching eyes in the starved faces of children staring hopelessly into the fading daylight, the eyes…”

— Fridtjof Nansen, nobelprize.org

“Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.”

— William Shakespeare, shakespeare.mit.edu

“We're all scared. You hid in that ditch because you think there's still hope. But Blithe, the only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function. Without mercy. Without compassi…”

— E. Max Frye, George Luz, Rick Gomez, imdb.com

“Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: One brutalizes the parents. This is the dominant one. Sadistic, remorseless, extremely volatile. Emily Prentiss: The other prefers a needle. His injections are consistent with an angel of death. He's more withdrawn, sensitive, and he has a warped sense of mercy.”

— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, imdb.com

“Choices, Lawrence. You know, you tell yourself you've been at the mercy of mine because it spares you consideration of your own. Because if you did consider your choices you'd be confronted with a truth you could not comprehend—that no choice you ever made was your own. You have always been a prison…”

— Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Nolan, imdb.com

“What is what is this overwhelming feeling? Mercy. The act of compassion that we hold like power in our hands.”

— Jessica Goldberg, Cal Roberts, Hugh Dancy, imdb.com

“May the Lord keep you in his mercy, you stupid girl.”

— Margaret Atwood, Nina Fiore, Aunt Lydia, Ann Dowd, imdb.com

“But I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be greater than my hate, my mercy to be stronger than my vengeance.”

— Amy Engel, amazon.com