1,621 Quotes About Violence

Murder was a fascination as always.

I have heard the predictable slew of insults, threats, epithets, and curses. Underneath all these, I hear their fear. They don’t want to hurt me, though I may serve as a stand-in for a man who they do want to hurt. They want to scare me because fear is the only way they have learned to feel powerful.

At age 13, I was violently mugged at a busy train station. There were dozens of onlookers, but none of them lent a hand ... That was a defining point in that stage of my life. After that, I could never tell myself that it was someone else's problem, or let a situation pass me by if I felt something had to be done. I knew from experience that all too often, no one else would act.

Con un coltello,un coltellino,in un giorno di festa, tra le due e le tre,si uccisero i due uomini dell'amore.Con un coltello,un coltellinoche lo contiene una mano,ma che penetra sottilefra le carni stupite,e si ferma nel puntodove impigliata tremal'oscura radice del grido.

Two years before, when the riots started, the media had had a field day, but now people discussed them less and less. ... ...in fact the media's attitude had changed over the last few months. No one talked about violence in the banlieues or race riots anymore. That was all passed over in silence.

Always best to start with violence and attempt communication second. People reacted more favorably when they knew you would snuff a few lives to get what you wanted... or for no reason whatsoever.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.

No man is a great man if he used violence to achieve his goals!

It was as if my sould had left my body, floated up to the ceiling, and was watching me destroy my own career with one deliberately assaultive punch. (Dark City Lights)