Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aldous Huxley

I used to think I had no will to power. Now I perceive that I vented it on thoughts, rather than people. Conquering an unknown province of knowledge. Getting the better of a problem. Forcing ideas to associate or come apart. Bullying recalcitrant words to assume a certain pattern. All the fun of being a dictator without any risks and responsibilities.

We were about the youngest ones and the older ones would pick on us. When they would bully us, we'd double-team them.

We want to help our kids understand all the different forms of bullying and the effects of it. It can take your mind off of what you should be doing ... When that exists, they're not learning and that's what we're here for.

People were very cautious, to say the least, because of his reputation as a tough guy who didn't like the U.N. ... In fact, I was the only one who said that Bolton was an intelligent man who could be creative and constructive and wouldn't go around bullying delegations.

Jeff Goodell

Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk.

Bullying takes so many different forms that, frankly, it's hard to recognize all the time. But it is very important for us to deal with this.

Bullying is never about you. You have the right to explore who you are.

Joseph Wright

Bullying is a public health problem (tied to) the larger issue of youth violence in this country.

Bullying exists everywhere in the world to some degree or another.

Hu Jintao

(China) opposes the strong lording it over the weak and the big bullying the small and has long pledged not to seek hegemony, not to join any military bloc, and not to pursue its own spheres of influence,

For years now, we have taken a pretty hard line on bullying because it is a serious problem.

I don't know what he hopes to accomplish. It's just a bullying process, and I just refuse to be bullied.

Bryant H. McGill

My self-esteem had been crushed through years of childhood bullying and serious abuses, which would take me decades to overcome.

Bryant H. McGill

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.

Charles Cumming

I'm not good with bullies and zealots.

We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people in line. Not only is this wrong, but it’s dangerous. Shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying.

AnnaSophia Robb

There's no need to bully; be kind to unwind!

e. e. cummings

Tumbling-hair picker of buttercups violets dandelions And the big bullying daisies through the field wonderful with eyes a little sorry Another comes also picking flowers

Andre Dubus

As a young victim of bullying and then, later, a vindictive perpetrator of violence myself, I've known both sides of this experience, and I tried very hard in the writing here to be as absolutely honest as I possibly could, to not romanticize myself or my past actions or cowardly inactions in any way.

Andrew Vachss

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

Angelina Jolie

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

Anna Maria Chavez

Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.

Anna Maria Chavez

Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.

Anna Julia Cooper

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

Anne Lamott

I'm very sad about Mitch McConnell probably getting to be Senate majority leader, if only for two years. To me, he is just everything that is wrong with the world, a bullying obstructionist blowhard liar (not to put too fine a point on it).

Amy Waldman

Sorrow can be a bully.

Alexander McCall Smith

Every small wrong, every minor act of cruelty, every act of petty bullying was symbolic of a greater wrong. And if we ignored these small things, then did it not blunt our outrage over the larger wrongs?

Alexa Chung

I hate online bullying. Those little comment boxes can brim with the most vicious, acidic, and pointless remarks.

E. M. Forster

The bully and the victim never quite forget their first relations.

Dalai Lama

Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.

Desmond Tutu

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

Dash Mihok

When they [young people] believe they are the difference! That their voice matters and to use the incredible power each one of them has. I work with an amazing young man, Jaylen Arnold, who started a foundation and a movement to educate people about tolerance and to stop bullying when he was eight years old. He never ceases to inspire me.

Danielle Steel

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.