Top 1200 Verbal Abuse Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with

Language makes culture, and we make a rotten culture when we abuse words.

Language fails not because thought fails, but because no verbal symbols can do justice to the fullness and richness of thought. Ifwe are to continue talking about "data" in any other sense than as reflective distinctions, the original datum is always such a qualitative whole.

... mathematical knowledge ... is, in fact, merely verbal knowledge. "3" means "2+1", and "4" means "3+1". Hence it follows (though the proof is long) that "4" means the same as "2+2". Thus mathematical knowledge ceases to be mysterious.

How do you deal with a criminal that will not listen to what you have to say and who continues his policy of violence? Some say you continue to talk and let him tire himself out. But nearly 40 years after the institution of apartheid, is there anyone who still believes that verbal persuasion will work?

There is a mistaken idea, ancient but still with us, that an overdose of anything from fornication to hot chocolate will teach restraint by the very results of its abuse.

I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

Vexation of spirit is a waste of time Negative thinking, don't you waste your thoughts Verbal conflict is a waste of word Physical conflict is a waste of flesh People will always be who they want And that's what really makes the world go round Unconditional love is scarce.

Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human.

People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand.

Closing a public library is child abuse, really, because it hinders child development.

Contrary to the negative stereotype that folks who swear have poor vocabularies, a fluency in taboo language correlates with overall verbal fluency. The more words you know, the more you know... and the more colorfully you can express yourself, with nuance, metaphor, and emotion.

My scars from abuse made me insecure. And so I had to cover up my scars with tattoos.

I think Americans are very verbal and Aussies are more circumspect, and that can come across as being clearer. It can also come across as abrupt and cold. Some people find me to be abrupt and cold. That's just my personal style.

I think people who come from abuse and/or people who have mental illnesses, have terrible self-esteem problems.

We condemn any kind of abuse of Muslim women or women anywhere in the world.

I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.

A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.

While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.

People are fragile. Our brains are fragile and you can only abuse them for so long.

The court does not fly off the handle. It does not shout abuse. It speaks calmly.

The biographies are very enlightening because you realise, "Oh my God, all these people I’ve admired - and tried to emulate even - when I was younger died tragically from substance abuse.

Half the wrong conclusions at which mankind arrive are reached by the abuse of metaphors, and by mistaking general resemblance or imaginary similarity for real identity.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Who will say with confidence that sexual abuse is more permanently damaging to children than threatening them with the eternal and unquenchable fires of hell?

Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.

It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve.

Abusers thrive on creating confusion, including confusion about the abuse itself.

All nations teach their children to be "patriotic", and abuse the other nations for fostering nationalism.

Children in dysfunctional homes at risk of abuse are kept in danger for too long because politically correct rules mean we won't challenge unfit parents.

For poets today or in any age, the choice is not between freedom on the one hand and abstruse French forms on the other. The choice is between the nullity and vanity of our first efforts, and the developing of a sense of idiom, form, structure, metre, rhythm, line - all the fundamental characteristics of this verbal art.

I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.

As for language, almost everything goes now. That is not to say that verbal taboos have disappeared, but merely that they have shifted somewhat. In my youth, for example, there were certain words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can say them, but you can't say 'girl'.

I don't make personal abuse against anybody, I don't mind personal remarks.

Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.

In some ways, I lament the introduction of civilisation on such a huge scale, because it has given us a lot of room to abuse each other, which we continue to do.

It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse.

Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

Don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care.

What a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?

The stated mission at the time was simply to use the influence of the entertainment industry to do an accurate portrayal of drug and alcohol abuse. We all admit that we're not trying to censor anybody.

Dealing with sledging is an individual thing. For me, I am not going to take abuse from David Warner or anyone else and not have a word back. But it is down to the person.

Whenever I talk to survivors [of a domestic abuse relationship] who have lived through that and are on the other side and their whole perspective on life is a complete 180, I'm just so inspired.

I officially designated every US ambassador on earth to be my personal human rights representative, and to have the embassy be a haven for people who suffered from abuse by their own government.

It doesn’t much matter what line of argument you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse comes anyway. It’s not what you say that prompts it - it’s the fact that you are saying it.

Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted.

I see the skin from the inside out when I'm operating on it - I can see the dehydration and the abuse.

Of course, without God, there is no value to life. That leads to immorality, that leads to sexual abuse, and there is no hope.

To give a child animal products is a form of child abuse.

When you go through abuse - the behavior - what happens is all behavior stems from faulty belief.

If you abuse the public trust, we're going to find you, and and we're going to prosecute you.

I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust.

Sometimes it seems as though all parents are certain that their children are victims of abuse by other children.

If you abuse power, you will be burned and then you will learn...if you live.

I'm interested in elder justice and what we can do about elder abuse and neglect.

Do you know how many women in a survey reported experiences of sexual harassment on the job? Eighty percent. It is so common. It's normalized. And it's an abuse of power.

There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation.

Drug abuse is a medical disease that requires medical professionals.

I don't want The Flash to become a vigilante. I don't want him to abuse the power.

There's two things that you don't listen to: flattery, which can't help you, and abuse, which can't hurt you. You have to look at the facts.