Quotes About Aggression

don't hate aggression; we hate the wrong kind of aggression but love it in the right context. And conversely, in the wrong context our most laudable behaviors are anything but. The motoric features of our behaviors are less important and challenging to understand than the meaning behind our muscles' actions.

you asked amygdala experts what behavior their favorite brain structure brings to mind, "aggression" wouldn't top their list. It would be fear and anxiety.

Here are some words of central importance to this book: aggression, violence, compassion, empathy, sympathy, competition, cooperation, altruism, envy, schadenfreude, spite, forgiveness, reconciliation, revenge, reciprocity, and (why not?) love. Flinging us into definitional quagmires.

Testosterone makes us more willing to do what it takes to attain and maintain status. And the key point is what it takes. Engineer social circumstances right, and boosting testosterone levels during a challenge would make people compete like crazy to do the most acts of random kindness. In our world riddled with male violence, the problem isn't that testosterone can increase levels of aggression. The problem is the frequency with which we reward aggression.

Testosterone makes us more willing to do what it takes to attain and maintain status...In our world riddled with male violence, the problem isn't that testosterone can increase levels of aggression. The problem is the frequency with which we reward aggression.

I believe you! Miss Ellen nodded. Mark my words, Mr. Meredith, that man is going to fight somebody yet. He's ACHING to. He is going to set the world on fire. If

The day never goes by for men and nations to make asses of themselves and take to the fists.

You ever hear about how when you stab somebody, it's really personal? ~ Chris Carmichael

Afterwards the members of the little war party felt fine. Torturing whites was a splendid way to spend the afternoon.

If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.

You probably used fusion bombs against the Girls.

When the population of Kzin grows too great, we— Attack the nearest human world.

Prensar, destrozar y despellejar eran algunas de sus actividades favoritas.

Roland] jerked back too fast to see, and his fist was suddenly connecting with my chin. I didn't pass out, but my body went limp. Part of me was screaming silently. The other part was saying, 'Oh, what pretty trees.

I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control?

You should hit him in the face with frying pans more often, Said Rhys he seems to like it

you really did want the sleeping dogs to keep napping, because once they woke up they tried to tear your throat out.

Strike that, no killing today, though depending on the level of stupid aimed at us, I was willing to look at a little mayhem.

Non intendevano aggredirmi, ma se Zane avesse continuato a saltellare qua e là come una versione punk di Tigro avrei potuto sparargli per sbaglio...

I seemed to have only two speeds on problems that hit me emotionally, either putting my fingers in my ears and going la-la-la, or picking up an axe and attacking the issue.

in response to a jealous comment made by Amber] PJ's mouth snarls open. If you aren't going to play nice, my thorny little bush, I think you should return to the dirty playground that you crawled from.

The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewarded for it. They call it football.

Finally, our own Devils hulk into the gym. The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewarded for it. They call it football.

If you touch me, I'll cram your nose into your brain with the heel of my hand.