Wendell Berry Quotes

Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in 'justice' or in affirmation of 'rights' or in defense of 'peace' do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.

Wendell Berry

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• Justice
• Violence
• Affirmation

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• I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Best
  • Flower
  • Gardening

• I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.

  

  Kalpana Chawla
  • Dream
  • Woman
  • Matter

• I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!

  

  Ted Allen
  • Good
  • Real
  • House

• Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.

  

  Carl Reiner
  • People
  • Know
  • Laugh

• Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Chocolate
  • Weakness
  • Belgian

• Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?

  

  J. M. Coetzee
  • Writing
  • She
  • Language

• 'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.

  

  Yara Shahidi
  • Family
  • House
  • First

• I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Up
  • Women
  • Thought

• Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.

  

  Nat Wolff
  • Music
  • Kids
  • Game

• After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.

  

  Barney Ross
  • War
  • Rest
  • Surrender

• Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Life
  • Effort
  • Balance

• You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Today
  • You
  • Where

• Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.

  

  Fannie Flagg
  • People
  • Character
  • Green

• One can not impede scientific progress.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Science
  • Progress

• Love is the one wild card.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Love
  • For Her
  • For Him

• There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Thought
  • Nothing
  • Absence

• If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.

  

  Sam Rayburn
  • Man
  • Common
  • Common Sense

• I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.

  

  Idi Amin
  • Great
  • Athlete
  • Champion

• The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Rock
  • Better

• I totally support women working on their relationships, their careers, or whatever they need to do to be healthy moms, but it's also important to realize you may not have as much time as you think.

  

  Constance Marie
  • Time
  • Important
  • Women

• A compassionate attitude opens our inner door, and as a result it is much easier to communicate with others. If there is too much self-centered attitude, then fear, doubt and suspicion come and as a result our inner door closes. Then it is very difficult to communicate with others.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Fear
  • Doubt
  • Attitude

• Be critical of these institutions that we love, whether they be our sports teams or the criminal justice system. Be critical of what the police department is doing about sexual assault. Be critical of why prosecutors are not prosecuting sexual assault.

  

  Andrea Pino
  • Justice
  • Critical
  • Assault

• Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in 'justice' or in affirmation of 'rights' or in defense of 'peace' do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Peace
  • Justice
  • Violence