Killing Quotes
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The distance at which all shooting weapons take effect screens the killer against the stimulus sensation which would otherwise activate his killing inhibitions. The deep, emotional layers of our personality simply do not register the fact that the crooking of the finger to release a shot tears the entrails of another man (Killing Quotes)
Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very few wars over the theory of relativity. Very few heated arguments, for that matter. Whereas, in Northern Ireland, they are killing one another over religion (Killing Quotes)
After the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the Obama administration steadfastly refused to say which element of the U.S. military had participated in the assault. Until Vice President Joe Biden decided to talk about it on national television, that is (Killing Quotes)
Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves (Killing Quotes)
After a conversation with someone that went on all night, but I didn’t take much persuading, and the next day I was a vegetarian. It came down to one question, can you be healthy without killing animals? If the answer is ‘yes’ then the only reason you’re killing is because you like the taste. But you can’t take a life just because you like its taste (Killing Quotes)
There’s a difference between doing memoir and writing a novel. If I had put the story of the boy killing my dog - and that was Eric also, what a little monster he was! - in a novel, even if I took it directly from life, it would be fiction (Killing Quotes)
Every day, we at the United Nations see the human toll of an absence of regulations or lax controls on the arms trade. We see it in the suffering of civilian populations trapped by armed conflict or pervasive crime. We see it in the killing and wounding of civilians - including children, the most vulnerable of all (Killing Quotes)
Muslims are not bloodthirsty people. Islam is a religion of peace that forbids the killing of the innocent. Islam also accepts the Prophets, whether those prophets are Mohammed, God’s peace and blessing be upon Him, or Moses or the other prophets of the Books (Killing Quotes)
Military deployments have never been something to enjoy, but the consequence of the actions, the shared nature of the sacrifices, and the nobility of the cause are invigorating. To be clear, I’m not talking about the killing and the death; rather, the sense of purpose that pervades every action, reaction, and outcome (Killing Quotes)
Is adult amusement killing our children, or is killing our children amusing adults? (Killing Quotes)
Drones ply the liminal space between the physical and the digital - pilots fly them, but aren’t in them. They are versatile and fascinating objects - the things they can do range from the mundane (aerial photography) to the spectacular - killing people, for example. (Killing Quotes)
Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over. (Killing Quotes)
The Air Force pinned a medal on me for killing a man and discharged me for making love to one (Killing Quotes)
I’ve always been terrified of getting used to something that is actually killing me-a relationship or a job. But in those cases, you can count on a friend to say something. The Internet is different, because all my friends are in the same relationship. (Killing Quotes)
In the alternate universe of conservative talk radio, the killing of Bin Laden coincidentally happened on Barack Obama’s watch. He had to be kicked dragging and screaming into authorizing it, and even then he made lots of mistakes. (Killing Quotes)
As for today’s music, Nicki Minaj is killing it. She’s an amazing artist. (Killing Quotes)
So the villains aren’t gay-hating Islamists or women killing tyrants, but actually us: an American Congress bent on the apocalypse. Don’t we understand? Iranians love their children too. (Killing Quotes)
I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence (Killing Quotes)
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him. (Killing Quotes)
Basically, the reason I’m vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we don’t need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly. (Killing Quotes)
If he be really and seriously seeking to live a good life, the first thing from which he will abstain will always be the use of animal food, because ...its use is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to the moral feeling - killing. (Killing Quotes)
Sharks are really serious animals. They’ve been around longer than dinosaurs. They’re basically prehistoric killing machines, and that’s terrifying and fascinating, at the same time. (Killing Quotes)
Killing a baby seal is about the easiest thing you can do if you’re inclined to be sadistic; you certainly can’t say there’s any sport in it - the animal is totally defenceless. (Killing Quotes)
I’m killing two birds at once, so to speak. Animal-based food kills people. This way, by going vegan... we get healthy and save animals. I’m being selfish, too, because if I can get my employees healthier, we cut down on sick days and gain more productivity. (Killing Quotes)
I grew up on a farm, so there were rifles around. Every March around springtime, there’s a big hunt that goes on, and you go out and hunt down all the pheasants. I actually never shot the pheasants; I’m not a big fan of killing animals myself. (Killing Quotes)
If you want this planet to continue being habitable for everyone that lives here, you have to limit the number of inhabitants. Hunters do it by killing off the old or sick animals in a herd, but I don’t think that’s a very ethical way of limiting the population. (Killing Quotes)
It’s a silly fool who thinks killing an animal with one tool is different than killing him with another. (Killing Quotes)
Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn’t meant to be, and we have no right to do it. (Killing Quotes)
I don’t believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it’s killing you! That would be negotiable. (Killing Quotes)
My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other. (Killing Quotes)