Quotes About Violence

My father was very abusive, and it was hard for my mother at first to leave because we had depended on him for so long. Sometimes you kind of get adjusted to getting that beating.

Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.

The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.

Cities are made for enemies to destroy.

Let's have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS.

I want to see ISIS destroyed.

Whenever evil is destroyed people are happy. Then what's wrong in depicting positive violence?

'The War in the Air' describes the destruction of Manhattan by air attack.

Sometimes we equate anger to destructive physical violence, but anger need not be martial.

A man is just as dead if he dies of malnutrition as of bullets.

Different cultures have different predilections for different kinds of crime.

In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.

No, the United States does not target civilians.

I was a target. There was a guy who took a paint roller extension pole and blasted me in the knee a few times. I had to have surgery to relieve the pain when I got out of prison.

All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns.

We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments such as these occur - in fact, Charlottesville confirms the violence that black people endure every day.

It is disappointing to see cricket being targeted after the Pulwama incident.

Gun control is not the answer. The best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming 'soft targets.'

We attacked selected military targets of the P.L.O. Around, civilians were hurt, I don't want to deny it. Very regrettable, very regrettable. We regret it deeply.

They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets.

Once you start bombing in Syria, when you start looking for targets, there will be a lot.

Violence, as it is for the mafia and most other criminal organizations, was bad for pirate business. By doing battle with prey, pirates risked damage to their own ships and injury to their crews. It also made them bigger targets for law enforcement.

Too often, U.N. peacekeepers face an impossible task in countries that are still at war and where there is no real peace to keep.

The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement.