Home / Quotes / Quote by Sam Peckinpah

Quote by Sam Peckinpah

“There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war or in madness.”

Quote by Sam Peckinpah

Author

Sam Peckinpah was an influential American film director known for his distinctive Western film style and the aesthetic of violence. His works hold a significant place in film history, with notable films including 'The Wild Bunch', 'The Wild Bunch', and 'The Wild Bunch'. more

You May Also Like

“What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?”

Men Humans Violence Killing Broke Non Violence Killing Each Other Cry The Beloved Country

Book:Cry, the Beloved Country

Source: Cry, the Beloved Country

“And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until the gods are tired of blood and create a race that can understand.”

Ends Death Names Peace Understanding Race Blood Dying Honor Murder Tired Non Violence

Book:The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

“Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing.”

Men Life Art Philosophy Hands Death History Dying Killing Sake Destructive Spares Non Violence

Author:Joseph de Maistre

“Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.”

Force Social Powerful Moral Morality Transformation Nonviolence Non Violence Passivity Nobel Peace Prize Kings Speech Social Transformation Passivity Is

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.”

Hate Force Greater Violence Non Violence Begets Power Of Love Toughness Humiliate

Book:Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

Source: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

“We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.”

Special Movement Conscience Determination Army Sincerity Currency Uniforms Supplies Non Violence Arsenal

Book:Why We Can't Wait

Source: Why We Can't Wait

“Fact: The new '90210' is cooler than the old '90210.' It's the lithe, streamlined Skipper to the elder series' venerable Barbie. Gone are the traditional parents - they've been replaced by a hipster mom n' pop who get busted necking in the car.”

Facts Parent Gone Car Mom Series Pops Traditional Replaced Elders Hipster Barbie Busted Skipper

Author:Diablo Cody

“We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons of war. We have exchanged our swords for plowshares, our spears for farm tools...now we cultivate the fear of God, justice, kindness, faith, and the expectation of the future given us through the Crucified One....The more we are persecuted and martyred, the more do others in ever increasing numbers become believers.”

Wells War Whole Earth Evil Given Justice Numbers Kindness Violence Weapons Expectations Tools Murder Wide Believer Farms Spears Persecuted Martyred

Author:Justin Martyr

“We who formerly hated and murdered one another now live together and share the same table. We pray for our enemies and try to win those who hate us.”

Trying Together Hate Winning Enemy Violence Share Praying Tables Hated

Author:Justin Martyr

“It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.”

Evil Violence Forbidden

Author:Tertullian