The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren’t even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs. – A. B. Yehoshua
Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values. – Arthur M. Schlesinger
Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence. – Coretta Scott King
The great thing is that I’m getting my revenge on everybody who treated me badly in high school. The bad thing is I had to go back to high school to do it. – Anne Beatts
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games. – Alan Dean Foster
Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought. – Charles Spurgeon
I’m pretty Sicilian if I’ve been crossed. I don’t seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not a great quality because if people held me to that standard, no one would be around me – ever. – Amy Adams
Getting revenge on a guy is just not worth it to me. I mean, it definitely sucks at the time, but obviously you’re not supposed to be with that person. – Carrie Underwood
Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities. – Cat Stevens
Every revolution, bloody or not, has two phases. The first phase is defined by the struggle for freedom, the second by the struggle for power and revenge on the votaries of the ancien regime. – Adam Michnik
The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge. – Colin Mochrie
On the ‘Revenge’ set, even if they’re not showing my feet, I’ll still wear my heels because it gets me in the feeling of Ashley Davenport. – Ashley Madekwe
It wouldn’t be a Carrie Underwood album without a revenge song on it. People really like when I do that. I don’t mean to. I don’t hate men that much. But it turns out so well! – Carrie Underwood
Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea. – Christopher Nolan
Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I write these songs in order to engage in some public war with someone? No. – Alanis Morissette
The further away we got from 9/11, the more I wanted to find some way to recover. I wanted to talk about the more anonymous corners of the city, because I think it’s very important that not all of that anger was turned to revenge. – Colum McCann
Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim. – Emile M. Cioran
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. – George Santayana
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair. – Friedrich Schiller
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future. – Marya Mannes
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. – Francis Bacon
