Killing A Man Quotes

• Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

  James Anthony Froude

  Sports, Honesty, Integrity

  Oceana ch. 5 (1886)

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• Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror.

  Jean Rostand

  Inspirational, Men, Murderer

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  I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

  Clarence Darrow

  Life, Death, Sarcastic

  "The Story of My Life". Book by Clarence Darrow, 1932.

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• We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

  Rachel Carson

  Life, Peace, Heart

  Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

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• When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

  Winston Churchill

  Sad, Witty, Powerful

  Winston Churchill (1959). “Memoirs of the Second World War: An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of the Second World War”

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• Kill one man, and you are murderer.

  Jean Rostand

  Men, Murderer, Conqueror

  "Thoughts of a Biologist". 1939.

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• Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

  Jean Rostand

  Funny, Death, Badass

  "Thoughts of a Biologist". 1939.

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• It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

  Clint Eastwood

  Men, Hell, Killing

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• Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man.

  Jean-Luc Godard

  Peace, War, Men

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• Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way.

  Hugh Howey

  Men, Long, Way

  "Wool Omnibus Edition". Book by Hugh Howey, January 25, 2012.

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• I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.

  Oriana Fallaci

  Men, Tyrants, Want

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• Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man seven different ways with her bare hands, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Boys, Men

  Ally Carter (2007). “I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You”, Hyperion

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• Well, killing a man isn't clean and quick and simple. It's bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn't just fun and games, maybe we'll get somewhere.

  Sam Peckinpah

  Fun, Simple, Men

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Air Force pinned a medal on me for killing a man and discharged me for making love to one.

  Leonard Matlovich

  Men, Air, Making Love

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• He’d only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he’d always figured was more for show. He stuffed a fistful of deadly rounds in his pocket, thinking how each one could end an individual life, and understanding why such things were forbidden. Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one’s conscience to get in the way.

  Hugh Howey

  Gun, Men, Thinking

  "Wool Omnibus Edition". Book by Hugh Howey, January 25, 2012.

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• Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of those absurdities dear to moderate-minded 'reasonable' men. Armament itself is making war. Making a gun, pointing a gun, and firing it are all acts of the same order. It should be illegal to construct anywhere upon earth any mechanism for the specific purpose of killing men. When you see a gun it is reasonable to ask: 'Whom is that intended to kill?'

  H. G. Wells

  War, Gun, Men

  H. G. Wells (2007). “The New World Order”, p.114, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man.

  Donald E. Westlake

  Men, Phones, Killing

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• There are more ways of killing a man's love than by strangling it to death, but that's the usual way.

  Helen Rowland

  Love, Men, Usual

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