Violence Quotes
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
Abbas Kiarostami
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During the 1960s, the Shanghai of my childhood seemed a portent of the media cities of the future, dominated by advertising and mass circulation newspapers and swept by unpredictable violence.
J. G. Ballard
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We try really hard to avoid those conventional experiences, these adrenaline rush, anger, competition, violence. We intentionally avoid that. We try to create a game that's serene and tranquil and filled with love.
Jenova Chen
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If I become so convinced that ‘I’m always right,’ the logical conclusion of that often ends up being great cruelty and great violence.
Barack Obama
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We can make this a more peaceful century if we cherish non-violence and concern for others’ well-being. It is possible. If the individual is happier, his or her family is happier; if families are happy, neighborhoods and nations will be happy. By transforming ourselves we can change our human way of life and make this a century of compassion.
Dalai Lama
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I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.
Salman Rushdie
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I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
Kate Adie
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
Park Chan-wook
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There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.
Vikram Patel
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But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.
Aaron Spelling
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
Kapil Sibal
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Violence is always an effort toward greater freedom or love. Openness is freedom and love. Even the most violent or self-destructive emotions are rooted in the heart's need for openness, to be free, to give and receive love.
David Deida
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I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It's a bigger picture.
Patricia Ireland
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We human beings are what we have been for millions of years - colossally greedy, envious, aggressive, jealous, anxious and despairing, with occasional flashes of joy and affection. We are a strange mixture of hate, fear and gentleness; we are both violence and peace.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
Tavi Gevinson
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The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.
Walid Jumblatt
