“I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.” PeopleThinkingHumansImportantStoriesSidesDarkFireViolenceFashionHuman NatureSittingTraditionDietsCynicismBrutalityDark SideSitting AroundStaples Author:Eric Stoltz
“Judeo-Christians have got to respect the pagan truth shown in the popular culture of sex and violence. It's meaningful about the elemental forces of life, the brutality of life and nature.” ChristianCultureForceSexViolenceMeaningfulBrutalityPaganPopular CultureElementals Author:Camille Paglia
“There seems to be an assumption that if you're offended by movie brutality, you are somehow playing into the hands of the people who want censorship. But this would deny those of us who don't believe in censorship the use of the only counter-balance: the freedom of the press to say that there's anything conceivably damaging in these films - the freedom to analyze their implications. How can people go on talking about the dazzling brilliance of movies and not notice that the directors are sucking up to the thugs in the audience?” PeopleIfsWantBelieveUseHandsSeemsFilmTalkingAudienceViolenceGoes OnBalanceDirectorsPressesDon't BelieveDenyAssumptionMovieCensorshipOffendedImplicationsBrillianceBrutalityThugFreedom Of The PressDazzling Author:Pauline Kael
“Much is made of the accelerating brutality of young people's crimes, but rarely does our concern for dangerous children translateinto concern for children in danger. We fail to make the connection between the use of force on children themselves, and violent antisocial behavior, or the connection between watching father batter mother and the child deducing a link between violence and masculinity.” PeopleChildrenDoeMadeUseYoungMotherFatherForceViolenceFailingDangerousCrimeDangerBehaviorConcernConnectionsViolentLinksMasculinityBrutalityAntisocialUse Of ForceAntisocial Behavior Book:Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier Source: Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier
“Human nature at times is unfortunately very ugly and I learned the world can be a very ugly place. For as much beauty there is, there's just as much brutality and violence and ugliness.” WorldHumansViolenceHuman NatureUglyUglinessBrutality Author:Gerard Way
“We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long in a world of make-belief, in a world of brutality, violence, despair, anxiety. To live humanly, sanely, one has to change.” WorldNeedsHumansLongBeliefEnergyHuman BeingsViolenceDespairAnxietyPsychologicalBrutality Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“If people see North American hockey and they see violence and brutality and it's not so interesting, that sends a message too about your culture.” PeopleIfsCultureInterestingViolenceMessagesHockeyBrutality Author:Gabe Polsky
“I didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher at Lincoln High School in Dallas. So, I was already familiar with the N-word and the brutality of slavery. What I was drawn to was the love story between Django and Broomhilda and how he defends and gets the girl in the end. I thought it was just an amazing and courageous project.” PeopleEndsStoriesSchoolGirlLanguageTeacherViolenceProjectsHigh SchoolSlaveryReactionsLove StoryFamiliarKneesCourageousBrutalityJerkDallasStepfathersHistory TeacherDjangoKnee Jerk Reactions Author:Jamie Foxx
“An act of violence against any innocent person eludes moral justification, disgraces the millions of Americans and people throughout the world who have united in peaceful protest against police brutality, and dishonors our proud inheritance of nonviolent resistance.” PeopleWorldPersonsUnitedMoralMillionsViolenceProudPoliceResistanceInnocentPeacefulProtestJustificationInheritanceDisgracePolice BrutalityBrutalityEludeDishonorActs Of ViolenceNonviolent ResistancePeaceful ProtestInnocent Person Author:Benjamin Crump
“You condition a vulnerable boy at puberty to become aroused by brutality. It's the violence, not the nudity. Frankly, I wouldn't mind if every teenage boy had a subscription to Playboy. They'd be looking at attractive naked female bodies while they masturbated, not eviscerated female bodies.” IfsMindBodyBoysViolenceConditionsFemaleNakedVulnerableAttractiveTeenageBrutalityNudityPubertyPlayboyFemale BodySubscription Author:Park Dietz