Revenge Quotes - page 4

Democracy is the best revenge. (Benazir Bhutto)
Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame,The fire of love supplies ;While that which often bears the name,Is self in a disguise.True zeal is merciful and mild,Can pity and forbear ;The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,And breathes revenge and war. View quote
John Newton
Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all other lands. The interests, rights, and liberties of American citizens are no more dear to us than are those of the whole human race. Hence we can allow no appeal to patriotism, to revenge any national insult or injury. View quote
William Lloyd Garrison
I don't get that -- people going to war over religion. I don't know, I could see going to war over justice or democracy or even revenge. But if you're going to war over religion, now you're just killing people in an argument over who has the better imaginary friend. View quote
Richard Jeni
A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green. View quote
Francis Bacon
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it. View quote
John Steinbeck
The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand. View quote
Wisława Szymborska
Mine enemy is growing old,- I have at last revenge. The palate of the hate departs; If any would avenge,-Let him be quick, the viand flits, It is a faded meat. Anger as soon as fed is dead; 'T is starving makes it fat. View quote
Emily Dickinson
I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose. View quote
Steven Moffat
People have committed suicide because of their failure to realize the passions for love, power, fame, revenge. Cases of suicide because of a lack of sexual satisfaction are virtually nonexistent. View quote
Erich Fromm
Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge." (Diogenes Laërtius)
I ain't a killer, but don't push me Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' pussy. View quote
Tupac Shakur
Revenge is sweet but not nourishing. View quote
Mason Cooley
A woman always has her revenge ready. View quote
Molière
All creatures kill-there seems to be no exception; but of the whole list, man is the only one that kills for fun; he is the only one that kills in malice, the only one that kills for revenge. View quote
Mark Twain
Is revenge a circle inside of a circle inside of a circle? View quote
Sherman Alexie
Revenge is the sweetest morsel to the mouth, that ever was cooked in hell. View quote
Walter Scott
Nature is a wary wily long-breathed old Witch, tough-lived as a Turtle and divisible as the Polyp, repullulative in a thousand Snips and Cuttings, integra et in toto! She is sure to get the better of Lady MIND in the long run, and to take her revenge too - transforms our To Day into a Canvass dead-colored to receive the dull featureless Portait of Yesterday. View quote
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Peace is in the grave. The grave hides all things beautiful and good. I am a God and cannot find it there, Nor would I seek it; for, though dread revenge, This is defeat, fierce king, not victory. View quote
Percy Bysshe Shelley
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun. (Gerald Ford)
As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past. View quote
Gerald Ford
Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close. View quote
William Wycherley
Why does anyone commit murder?' he asked in a low voice. 'I-'I blinked.'How should I know?' 'Three reasons,' Christopher said. He held up one finger. 'Love.' Another finger. 'Revenge.' And finally, a third finger. 'Profit... View quote
Meg Cabot
Even in my revenge fantasy where all I do is exercise, I can still do only twenty-five pull-ups. Pull-ups are tough, no joke. View quote
Mindy Kaling