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Quotes About Intimidation

HE CALLED HIMSELF THE LIZARD King. The prostitutes known as lot lizards feared him. More precisely, they feared his legend, the idea of him. None of them who'd ever seen his face up close lived to describe it.
~ C.J. Box
The brothers were on us like ugly on an ape
~ C.J. Box
Let them hate us, as long as they fear us.
~ Caligula (Gaius Caesar)
Right now there's a pair of bad cops on their way out here to shoot me." "You don't know that." "Yeah, you're right," Stranahan said. "They're probably just collecting Toys for Tots. Now go.
~ Carl Hiaasen
Most human predators, however, seek power, not food. To destroy or damage something is to take its power.
~ Gavin de Becker
At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.
~ Gavin de Becker
Yo Mama better watch his back," he said.
~ Gayle Forman
I turn to Melanie. It's on her now. She narrows her green eyes at Willem. "If you rape or murder my friend, I will kill you." Willem tsk-tsks. "You Americans are so violent. I'm Dutch. The worst I wil do is run her over with a bicycle.
~ Gayle Forman
Pickup line... pickup line... she racked her brain until she found an explanation and brightened. "Mine would be—roses are red, violets are blue, if you don't do what I say I will kill you.
~ Gena Showalter
One day," Dane snarled, "I'm going to put your nuts in a grinder and make a testicle salad sandwich.
~ Gena Showalter
Tucker palideció. —Vas a morir por eso. —Oh. Qué listo —dijo Aden, y aplaudió—. Una amenaza de muerte. ¿Y sabes lo más gracioso? Que ni siquiera es la primera que recibo hoy.
~ Gena Showalter
The speaker was a handsome man, probably only twenty years old, and he had a hard-on the size of a police baton. Impressive, but it wasn't going to save him from a beating.
~ Gena Showalter
How are you doing, son?" "If you don't get started, I'll rip out your heart and have it for breakfast." - Michael to Solo
~ Gena Showalter
The timid need assurance, the brazen need frightening.
~ Gene Kerrigan
Kostchei looked at her,his eyes liquid ice, and Irene found herself stuttering to a halt and closing her mouth. He had more presence in that glare than some Fae lords she'd faced down. It wasn't psychic powers, as some people would have described them. It was simply alpha teacher, channelled with a side order of extra ice and public humiliation, and it worked far too well.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
~ George Bernard Shaw
At first he didn't want to tell us, and then Jim asked him if he was left- or right-handed. The bodyguard asked why and Jim told him that he would break the other arm first, because he wasn't a complete bastard.
~ Ilona Andrews
Curran got rid of Ascanio and saddled me with not one, but two bodyguards. God help anyone who dared to look at me funny. They would rip him to pieces, just to outdo each other.
~ Ilona Andrews
I`ll kill you and eat your guts while you scream. Not in that order, you won`t.
~ Ilona Andrews
That does it. I leaned forward. "Hey, you. Either put your claws where your mouth is or shut the fuck up. Nobody wants to hear you yip.
~ Ilona Andrews
Six feet two inches tall and built like he could punch through solid walls and dodge a bullet at the same time, Jim projected a concentrated promise to kick your ass. It emanated from him like heat from a sidewalk. He never actually threatened you, but when he entered a room full of hard cases, bigger men backed off, because when he looked at them, they heard their bones breaking.
~ Ilona Andrews
You dare to wrestle with my mind? I'm the Plaguebringer. Gods flee when they hear me coming." "If my hands weren't busy, I'd clap for you.
~ Ilona Andrews
If this is a lynch mob, you didn't bring enough people," I said.
~ Ilona Andrews
It's okay, Sarrat. If he insults you, I'll cut his head off and you can drink his blood.
~ Ilona Andrews