War & Violence Sayings

197 sayings found from 197 authors

I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.

— Sylvia Plath 1963
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The only way to create is to destroy.

— Allen Ginsberg Unknown
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Sex is a form of communication. It's a way of saying I love you, or I hate you, or I want to kill you.

— William S. Burroughs 1980s
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If you say why not bomb them tomorrow, I say why not today? If you say today at five o'clock, I say why not one o'clock?

— John von Neumann 1950
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Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.

— Hunter S. Thompson N/A
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I'm not a fan of capitalism. I think it's a system that exploits people and destroys the planet.

— Philip K. Dick 1975
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The Satanic Verses is a novel about migration, metamorphosis, divided selves, love, death, London, and Bombay. It is a serious work of literature.

— Salman Rushdie 1989
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Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egotistical little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings.

— Stephen King 2000
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War is a necessary evil, and sometimes a cleansing fire.

— Arthur Conan Doyle c. 1918
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You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don't, you die. Or you don't die, but you don't live.

— James Baldwin 1953
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If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it.

— Zora Neale Hurston Undated, widely circulated
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It's a wonder I didn't get killed, the way I carried on.

— Billie Holiday 1950s
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I'm not a killer, but don't push me. Revenge is the sweetest joy next to gettin' pussy.

— Tupac Shakur 1996
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The only way to keep power is to destroy your enemies.

— Julius Caesar 1st century AD
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The internet is a weapon. It's a tool for freedom. It's a tool for expression.

— Ai Weiwei 2011
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I have always considered drawing not as an exercise of skill but as a means of expressing innermost feelings.

— Henri Matisse Unknown
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Profit is a necessity. It is the lifeblood of industry.

— Henry Ford 1922
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The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets.

— Cornelius Vanderbilt mid-1800s
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Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what an elegance!

— Coco Chanel 1930s
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The internet is not a bomb, it's a highway.

— Jack Ma 2000
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