Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Gerrold

Most people say they want justice, but they don't really want justice. They want revenge. They want to see the pain spread around equally.

Amy Adams

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.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for wrongs real or imagined.

Anne Rice

Revenge is the concern of those who are at some point or other beaten. I am not beaten, I told myself. No, not beaten. And victory is far more interesting to contemplate than revenge.

Anne Rice

What I have always wanted more than revenge is to bring the other person to recognition of the pain they caused, so they essentially say, "I will never do that again."

Andrea Arnold

I don't feel very revengeful in life at all.

Ambrose Bierce

LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.

Ambrose Bierce

A violin is the revenge exacted by the intestines of a dead cat.

Anthony Hopkins

I wanted revenge; I wanted to dance on the graves of a few people who made me unhappy. It's a pretty infantile way to go through life - I'll show them - but I've done it, and I've got more than I ever dreamed of.

Alice Cooper

No more Mr. Nice Guy.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge!

Cynthia Ozick

One reason writers write is out of revenge.

Cyril Connolly

Longevity is the revenge of talent upon genius.

Dar Williams

The light that stopped the night felt like forgiveness.

Colin Mochrie

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.

Angela Carter

He is, I think, already pondering a magisterial project: that of buggering the English language, the ultimate revenge of the colonialised.

Anais Nin

The man who was once starved may revenge himself upon the world not by stealing just once, or by stealing only what he needs, but by taking from the world an endless toll in payment of something irreplaceable, which is the lost faith.

Anne Frank

But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible! ...

Ann Aguirre

Like most, I was a mix of good and bad, anger and protectiveness, kindness and pride. But right now, I had only strangled fear and the promise of revenge.

Chuck Palahniuk

I am Jack's smirking revenge.

Chuck Palahniuk

Me with nothing left to lose, plotting my big revenge in the spotlight. Give me violent revenge fantasies as a coping mechanism.

Chuck Palahniuk

When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd never stare long enough to get if they'd even just return your gaze, this, this is your revenge.

Christopher Paolini

Consider non your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your belief and others will listen." he continued at a slower pace, " of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. thats your most powerfull too to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness. that is all i have to say"Garrow to Roran p 64

Christopher Paolini

Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.

Thomas Fuller

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Cassandra Clare

Truth is brighter than Light Falsehood darker than night Revenge is keener than Axe and Love is softer than melting wax

Cassandra Clare

Do not seek revenge and call it justice.

Mindy Kaling

If it weren't for my imagination, I would weigh ten thousand pounds. This is because the only way I am able to exercise anymore is through a long and vivid revenge fantasy.

Mindy Kaling

Another old saying is that revenge is a dish best served cold. But it feels best served piping hot, straight out of the oven of outrage. My opinion? Take care of revenge right away.

Mindy Kaling

You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face—who will love them now?

Mindy Kaling

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.

Karl Marx

In order to arouse sympathy, the aristocracy was obliged to lose sight, apparently, of its own interests, and to formulate its indictment against the bourgeoisie in the interest of the exploited working class alone. Thus, the aristocracy took their revenge by singing lampoons on their new masters and whispering in his ears sinister prophesies of coming catastrophe.

Muhammad Ali

What I will remember most about Mr Mandela is that he was a man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be contained or restrained by racial and economic injustices, metal bars or the burden of hate and revenge.