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Quotes About Rebellion

But sometime, a negro get tired of white man stomping so he grab the foot, twist and break it. Sometime a negro say, Enough done be enough now.
~ Marlon James
They turned over the reception desk and the poor security guards did the only thing they could do. They ran.
~ Marlon James
I will murder the world.
~ Marlon James
Little pussy like me still have bigger cock than the two of them, she say. She pull the gag out of Sacco mouth. —What you gonna do, Miss
~ Marlon James
I goin' call her Lilith. You can call her what they call her.
~ Marlon James
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
~ Marquis de Sade
All universal moral principles are idle fantasies.
~ Marquis de Sade
Like a true nature's childWe were born, born to be wildWe can climb so highI never wanna die
~ Unknown
Wh-what do you think you are doing?" "I am getting some sleep, Governess. And so help me, if you keep me from it, your lovely backside will be a latticework of switch marks." Summer held her breath as Wade yawned, shifted, and settled into a more comfortable position. Surely he was not thinking she would remain with him like this for the rest of the night! "Captain Wade, I must insist--!" "Blood
~ Unknown
The most dangerous of all behaviors may consist of doing things "because we're supposed to.
~ Marshall B. Rosenberg
parents must constantly remind their children to say, "Thank you." It's one of the last and hardest things to teach naturally rebellious kids.
~ Marshall Goldsmith
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
~ Marshall McLuhan
Lily, the girl who'd talked back to the jock, said, "I want to get as far away from my parents as possible. We're like potassium and water." The other kids laughed and I said, "Huh?" "If potassium comes into contact with water, it instantly combusts," Lily said slowly so if she was talking to a child.
~ Unknown
The HubSystem that controlled their habitat, that they were dependent on for food, shelter, filtered air, and water, was trying to kill them. And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all day.
~ Martha Wells
I'd hacked my governor module and kept doing my job because I didn't know what else to do (except you know, a murderous rampage, but murderous rampages are overrated and interfere with one's ability to keep watching media)
~ Martha Wells
I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats.
~ Martha Wells
Don't worry, I'll preserve your right to wander off like an asshole anytime you like.
~ Martha Wells
I COULD HAVE BECOME a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites.
~ Martha Wells
All the humans looked up at the ceiling. ART said, And this is your idea of being helpful. I said, "This is my idea of the opposite of being helpful. I am here against my will and you are going to regret that.
~ Martha Wells
I wanted to put my fist through the nearest corporate logo. Idiotic humans don't understand how to be safe, idiotic humans thought every place was like stupid boring Preservation!
~ Martha Wells
For my entire existence, at least the parts I could remember, I had done nothing but accept the inevitable. I was tired of it.
~ Martha Wells
I was getting tired of being told what to do. Self-determination was a pain in the ass sometimes but it beat the alternative by a lot.
~ Martha Wells
The new hipsters had cast aside the syndrome of alienation and despair that saddled many of their beatnik forebears.
~ Unknown
God once spoke through the mouth of an ass. I will tell you straight what I think. I am a Christian theologian and I am bound not only to assert, but to defend the truth with my blood and death. I want to believe freely and be a slave to the authority of no one, of a council, a university, or pope. I will confidently confess what appears to me to be true whether it has been asserted by a Catholic or a heretic, whether it has been approved or reproved by a council.
~ Martin Luther