Quotes About Confrontation

I knew there was no point in debating a man such as this. The world bent and contorted itself to fit his understanding, not the other way around. I could not make him see reason, could not make him regret his actions. It would be a mistake to try.

Two wretched Moslems asserted "that the firing was done by the people of the English;" I asked one of them why he lied so, and he could utter no excuse: no other falsehood came to his aid as he stood abashed, before me, and so telling him not to tell palpable falsehoods, I left him gaping.

You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.

Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!

Again and again, God's Word reveals that He is not as concerned about the depth or extent of the sin we commit as He is about our attitude and response when we are confronted with our sin.

For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.

[The answer to that, warns Saddam's eldest son, is no.] If they come, ... Sept. 11, which they are crying over and see as a big thing, will be a real picnic for them, Godwilling.

When someone points a gun at your head and loads it, by God, you ought to take them seriously.

I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.

I see dead people. But, then by God, I do something about it!

I'm going to kill that god of yours, next. Then we'll see what you can do, and what you can't.

I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won't

The fear is that talking back, that engaging at all, is to open the door for god-knows-what.

If you think I'm afraid of the steel cage...YOU'RE RIGHT! Please God, don't make me go into the cage!

Be quiet, or I swear to God I'll take you right here

I ran into the preacher, said God was on my side, then I ran into the hangman.

We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No.'

If you dare to injure her in the least, I will await you where no policeman can step in between. And God shall judge between us two.

Oh my God, she was retarded and I was going to kill Jim.

As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: 'You atheist?'"Kingsley Amis: 'Well, yes, but it's more that I hate him.

Do not be afraid of that which should be afraid of you

Where there is conflict, there is no God.

You cannot escape what you have to deal with inside yourself. It will never bring good things. It will only bring madness.