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Quotes About Aggression

Whenever I play against Arsenal - and this is just a personal thing - I go up and think 'let me whack the first one, then we will see who wants it.'
~ Troy Deeney
There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you used to read that in business journals. But that's not what Darwinian means to a biologist; it's whatever leads to reproductive success.
~ Steven Pinker
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
~ Montesquieu
Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.
~ Horatio Nelson
Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
~ Mario Andretti
Whenever I've had a problem with any female in this entire game, I will say your name... I'm going to say your government. I'm going to look it up. I'm going to say your mother's name, your father's name, your kid's name. I want you to know that I'm talking about you.
~ Remy Ma
Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.
~ Fredrik Bajer
Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my Browning!
~ Hermann Goering
War, I thought, was the most negative aspect of male heterosexuality. If more men were homosexual, there would be no wars, because homosexual men would never kill other men, whereas heterosexual men love killing other men.
~ Morrissey
In Italy, it is all about tactics and playing for a result, whereas in Spain, the focus is on technique and pace. In England, the game is based on aggression and non-stop action.
~ Fabio Capello
There is a difference between myself and some of the peace people in Europe: whereas they think that the ultimate evil in the world is war, I think the ultimate evil in the world is aggression, and aggression sometimes must be repelled by force.
~ Amos Oz
When we describe human relations, we usually make them better than they are: gentle, peaceful, and so forth, whereas in reality, they are often competitive.
~ Rene Girard
Jack Lambert is mean and relentless wherever he goes, on and off the field! I do remember many times he would chase me in practice but no way would I let him catch me.
~ Franco Harris
Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry.
~ Manfred von Richthofen
Passive aggressors who are adept at this will have trained themselves to remain calm, while you get irritated and emotional.
~ Robert Greene
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.
~ George W. Bush
In Germany, you can play aggressively, but the referee will always blow his whistle, but in England, that's not the case. That's better for me.
~ Granit Xhaka
Charge-taking can be one effective way to affect the rim, but the whistle's gonna blow a lot.
~ Frank Vogel
I check into the game and the ref cleans the whistle off, 'OK 98s coming in.' I'm one of those players that's physical and I use my fouls.
~ Jason Collins
Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House.
~ Isoroku Yamamoto
I am against preventive war because it means measures by the UN against us.
~ Moshe Sharett
You need to be humble, play with pride but also aggression.
~ Gianluca Vialli
Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the street is very much fueled by anger, pride, and male dominance and ego.
~ Joel Edgerton
When you're sitting ringside, there's a primal thing there that hooks into violence and excitement. It's just two guys going at it in the ring - there's no team, no one to pass the ball to - and there's a certain excitement to that.
~ Antoine Fuqua