Quotes tagged ‘Violence Against Women’

(8 total)

“You'd be surprised how many are out there. There are a lot of peeping Toms.”

“Their minds work logically; they understand cause and effect; they don't hallucinate. Their perceptions of most life circumstances are reasonably accurate. They get good reports at work; they do well in school or training programs; and no one other than their partners -- and children -- thinks that…”

— Lundy Bancroft, amazon.com

“I know now that it's over. I knew it then. There would be no way, Michael...no way you could ever forgive me not with this Sicilian thing that's been going on for 2,000 years. [Michael loses control. He slaps Kay across the face. She falls onto the couch]”

— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Kay Corleone, Diane Keaton, imdb.com

“[after Sonny beats up Carlo Rizzi for hitting Connie] You touch my sister again, I'll kill you.”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Santino 'Sonny' Corleone, James Caan, imdb.com

“I bet you kiss your knuckles right before they touch my cheek.”

— Halsey, open.spotify.com

“I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbor said, 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, Six should be enough.'”

— Steven Wright, imdb.com

“I don’t want to watch any more films in which all the female characters are killed.”

— Caspar Salmon, pajiba.com

“A 5-year old girls also gets raped. A woman covered in a burkha too. A 70-year old woman gets raped. This is not about sexuality or nudity. This is about control and power. I think men are insecure, afraid of being rejected. They can’t control a woman’s sexuality and that scares them. From an early…”

— Ritabhari Chakraborty and Arindam Sil, youtube.com