There's a difference between violence and senseless violence. Votes: 3
There's less violence in the world when people are using Hula-Hoops. Votes: 3
If more people were stoned there would be less violence in the world. Votes: 3
Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive. Votes: 3
I won't make games with senseless violence. There has to be a reason for it, such as war. Votes: 3
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! Votes: 3
There's less violence in my world compared to yours," she insisted. Spade sighed. "No, darling. There are only different reasons for it. Votes: 3
My wife once said that if men had to worry about who was going to clean up the mess, there'd be a lot less violence in the world. Votes: 3
He can neither read nor write and in him broods already a taste for mindless violence. All history present in that visage, the child the father of the man. Votes: 3
Research shows that the wealthier, more educated, and healthier a nation, the less violence and civil unrest among its populace, and the less likely that unrest will spread across its borders. Votes: 3
The New World is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). There is some intense, bloodless violence and the beautiful underage lead actress (15-year-old Q'orianka Kilcher) may cause cardiac arrest among some viewers. Votes: 3
Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies and sects. Votes: 3
The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions. Votes: 3
Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence. Votes: 1
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict. Votes: 1
Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns. Votes: 1
The more you focus on sex without love, and drugs and violence, lifestyle of intimidation and recycling, the less energy you spend on opening up the big tent. Votes: 1
My work is less violent because we tend to write what we want to read... and I'm not that interested in gruesome books. Any violence, to fit in well with a crime novel, has to have compassion. Votes: 1
This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much of it as a kid. After that, and a lot of thinking, I became less violent. I realized that there must be other ways. So, I started to pursue them. Votes: 1
Let's think about Mexican streets: they're unsafe because of violence, so people stay at home. Does that make streets more or less safe? Less safe! So streets become more desolate and unsafe, so we stay home more - which makes streets even more desolate and unsafe, and we stay home even more. Votes: 1
The part that always shocked me was the inter-community violence among the chimps: the patrols and the vicious attacks on strangers that lead to death. It's an unfortunate parallel to human behavior - they have a dark side just as we do. We have less excuse, because we can deliberate, so I believe only we are capable of true calculated evil. Votes: 1
I think that when we have a better educated society, when there is less violence in our cities, when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families - that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think most of us still want, we aspire to. Votes: 1
The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves. Votes: 0
The chief cause of our misery is less the violence of our passions than the feebleness of our virtues. Votes: 0
Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence. Votes: 0
I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong. Votes: 0
I think people are getting more and more -unfortunately - inured to violence. People are less sensitive to things they should wake up about. Votes: 0
I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end. There are always better substitutes, though they may sometimes be a little less direct. Votes: 0
The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward Negroes. Votes: 0
Less is more. Votes: 3 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Votes: 10 Isaac Asimov