Famous Quotes & Sayings

B. F. Skinner

Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in which there would be nothing left for me to do, the task of living having been accomplished.

B. F. Skinner

Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.

C. S. Lewis

...this new idea of cure instead of punishment, so humane in seeming, had in fact deprived the criminal of all rights and by taking away the name Punishment made the thing infinite.

It is a terrible thing that happened, and they will be punished accordingly.

Omar Suleiman

I think it (suspending aid) will be a punishment for the people, which we don't want.

It doesn't surprise me the punishment is so lenient.

I think this will be a tremendous watershed moment, no pun intended, for our western development.

Steve Yzerman

I don't know much about the techniques of fighting, but I know throwing a punch on skates is a lot different than throwing a punch from the ground.

Killing me doesn't punish me, it punishes my family,

He's a tough guy. He had to be with all the punishment he was taking.

He tends to remind me about that a lot. You just have to roll with the punches around here.

Khalil Gibran

What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters?

Stella Young

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.

Chris Davis

I accept my punishment and will begin serving my suspension immediately.

Bertrand Russell

Prison is a severe and terrible punishment; but for me, thanks to Arthur Balfour, this was not so. I was much cheered on my arrival by the warder at the gate, who had to take particulars about me. He asked my religion, and I replied 'agnostic.' He asked how to spell it, and remarked with a sigh: 'Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God.' This remark kept me cheerful for about a week.

Benigno Aquino III

The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment.

Eddie Vedder

After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.

Elizabeth Bibesco

Are there any punishments in life but our joys turned against us?

Abraham Lincoln

The case of Andrews is really a very bad one, as appears by the record already before me. Yet before receiving this I had orderedhis punishment commuted to imprisonmentand had so telegraphed. I did this, not on any merit in the case, but because I am trying to evade the butchering business lately.

Signs in the marketplace are showing it is not having the punch that it once had,

Dennis Prager

Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family.

Elbert Hubbard

When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.

Elbert Hubbard

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

Eduardo Galeano

Any open net was an unforgivable crime meriting immediate punishment, and [Di Stefano] carried out the sentence by stabbing at it like a mischievous elf.

Edward Abbey

The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.

Auberon Waugh

The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong

Ben Jonson

Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.

Ben Jonson

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

Al Madrigal

I'm not much for setup... punch line. I talk about my kids. I talk about my wife.

Adolf Hitler

This game is repeated again and again, and in it the role of the so-called 'German princes' is just as miserable as that of the Jews themselves. These lords were really God's punishment for their beloved peoples and find their parallels only in the various ministers of the present time.

Agatha Christie

Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.

Frank Luntz

One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them.