“If people had gavels, there would be no wars. If every person in the world had a gavel and could bang it and get everyone's attention right away and make their displeasure known, I believe the level of actual violence in the world would just disappear to practically nothing.” PeopleIfsWorldBelievePersonsWarWould BeI BelieveLevelsAttentionKnownViolenceDisappearBangsNo WarDispleasureGavel Author:Fran Lebowitz
“It's strange how things happen, Mauricio Silva, known as the Eye, always tried to escape from violence even at the risk of being considered a coward, but the violence, the real violence, can't be escaped, at least not by us, born in Latin America in the 1950s, those of us who were around twenty years old when Salvador Allende died.” YearsRealHappensEyeAmericaBornKnownViolenceRiskStrangeDiedTwentiesThings HappenLatinCowardLatin America Author:Roberto Bolano
“As a young victim of bullying and then, later, a vindictive perpetrator of violence myself, I've known both sides of this experience, and I tried very hard in the writing here to be as absolutely honest as I possibly could, to not romanticize myself or my past actions or cowardly inactions in any way.” WayWritingHardActionPastYoungSidesKnownViolenceHonestVictimBullyingBoth SidesInactionMy PastCowardlyPerpetratorsVindictive Author:Andre Dubus
“I think having a great range of experiences in my life had helped me as a writer, particularly a writer of fiction. I have known a great many different sorts of people in different situations, and I have a notion how very well of badly people can behave in times of stress or danger or violence.” PeopleThinkingWellsDifferentFictionSituationKnownViolenceDangerStressNotionRangeBehaveGreat Men Author:Marge Piercy
“For a nation to be known as warrior is a shame! For a nation to be known as peaceful is an honour! Violence brings shame, killing brings disgrace; peacefulness brings honour, nonviolence brings esteem!” NationsKnownViolenceShameKillingEsteemPeacefulWarriorHonourNonviolenceDisgracePeacefulness Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The desire of perfection became the ruling passion of their soul; and it is well known, that while reason embraces a cold mediocrity, our passions hurry us, with rapid violence, over the space which lies between the most opposite extremes.” WellsSoulReasonLyingDesirePassionSpaceKnownViolenceColdPerfectionOppositesEmbraceExtremesMediocrityWell KnownRulingRapidsRuling Passion Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“[Valley of Violence] was written for James Ransone. PJ's a friend of mine, I've known him for a long time, he's always like, "Dude, when are we going to make a movie together?" I finally called him.” LongTogetherKnownViolenceWrittenMinesLong TimeValleysPjs Author:Ti West
“I've always liked reading books that contain funny lines or situations, and maybe because my work is known chiefly for its violence and misery, I made a more conscious attempt with The Heavenly Table to do that myself.” MadeBookReadingLinesSituationKnownViolenceConsciousTablesMiseryHeavenlyReading Books Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“Let me just say you could end this violence within a very short period of time, have a complete ceasefire - which Iran could control, which Russia could control, which Syria could control, and which we and our coalition friends could control - if one man would merely make it known to the world that he doesn't have to be part of the long-term future; he'll help manage Syria out of this mess and then go off into the sunset, as most people do after a period of public life. If he were to do that, then you could stop the violence and quickly move to management.” PeopleIfsMenWorldLongEndsHelpingMovingTermKnownViolencePeriodsLet MeManagementRussiaManageMessLong TermSunsetIranOne ManSyriaPublic LifeCoalitionsCeasefire Author:John F. Kerry