Quotes About Conflict

It's like they take poison and then hope for the other person to die.

In attacking the young, the liberal, and the black, Daley was in the mainstream of America's mass prejudices. The Democratic party may have suffered by his actions, but Daley came out...even more popular than before because "bust their heads" was the mood of the land and Daley had swung the biggest club.

the ingredients for the best political donnybrook

I love to hit people. I love to.

The gods of war have reawakened me. They've ignited my ego and want me to go to war again.

She could feel the emotional wedge between him and his father. It must be very hard for them to work together, she thought. Maybe she just didn't understand the ways of the super wealthy.

Blood diamonds, she thought. That's exactly what these are. She felt almost as superstitious as the Africans now, as if the pink diamonds themselves had somehow caused all this hardship and death.

turned around and walked out, fighting an almost overpowering urge to tear up the check and

Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that's my job. But argue with women in love—no thank you!

We won't survive if someone loses their nerves in the current tension.

Ideological and political intolerance, even with the best and most sincere intentions, produces results that are the direct opposite of those intended.

I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

Tell me," she finally whispered, "is it fun for you to torture me? . . . I should really hate you. Ever since we have known each other, you have given me nothing but suffering . . ." Her voice trembled, she leaned toward me, and lowered her head onto my breast. "Perhaps," I thought, "this is exactly why you loved me: joys are forgotten, but sadness, never . . .

We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them. The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently. Every US president has to have a war.

Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.

With human beings the urge to make peace takes some time to germinate, while Homo Sapiens is always ready to hate.

Happiness has a high body count.

The efficacy of an arbitrary personal attack is that it clears a path for the important issues.

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

As soon as we were outside, I whipped my hand from his. 'What's the matter with you? You know he was wrong.' Stacey swallowed to flush his anger, then said gruffly, "I know it, and you know it, but he don't know it, and that's where the trouble is. Now come on before you get us into a real mess.

Big Ma didn't need to say any more and she didn't. T.J. was far from her favorite person and it was quite obvious that Stacey and I owed our good fortune entirely to T.J.'s obnoxious personality.

They hoped that if they dated enough, became popular enough, or achieved enough, they might somehow be able to eliminate their gender identity conflict.

It has been said ever since that the Brankoviches of Erdély count in Tzintzar, lie in Walachian, are silent in Greek, sing hymns in Russian, are cleverest in Turkish and speak their mother tongue --Serbian-- only when they intend to kill.

congressman was a hog that could understand only a blow on the snout.