Aggression Quotes

"No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him."

"We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still carry about with us, ready at any moment to burst into flame, the smoldering and sinister traits of character by means of which they lived through so many massacres, harming others, but themselves unharmed."

"The tendency of aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture."

"We've grown up watching them and looking up to them as role models."

"Many people, ... base their thinking about boys on the myth that 'testosterone = aggressiveness = boys,' but nothing in the research, mine included, proves that equation to be true … . So why do men behave so much more violently than women do, if there is no male 'violence chromosome'? When boys feel disconnected (from adequate love and support) and afraid of being shamed, when they harden themselves and then put on the macho mask, the one emotion they feel it's acceptable to show, and thus the only emotion they will show, is anger."

"aggression against a country which needs help and support to retaliate."

"There was a period where he kind of backed off his offensive aggressiveness to be a good team member. Now that we're kind of a little more in sync, the nature of the game is giving him certain opportunities."

"Forty-seven million Americans experience psychological or physical aggression while on the job. Interestingly, workers pinpoint the general public as the most significant source of this aggression, as opposed to other co-workers or supervisors."

"Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."

"The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man."

"Madison Avenue is a very powerful aggression against private consciousness. A demand that you yield your private consciousness to public manipulation."

"Frankie was all aggression, a 119-pound stick of dynamite, ... He wasn't a very big guy at all but he definitely had huge heart. He never went back (in the boxing ring), always forward, forward, forward."

"The key to the behavior of subjects lies not in pent-up anger or aggression, but in the nature of their relationship to authority. They have given themselves to the authority; they see themselves as instruments for the execution of his wishes; once so defined, they are unable to break free."

"Err on aggression has been our key. If you're going to make a mistake, make a mistake aggressively. Defense is definitely carrying us, and we pride ourselves on that."

"We got tentative, we lost our aggressiveness at both ends. We made some goofy turnovers. We knew they would make a push with Wiggins and Smith, but I felt good about our chances."

"If there is aggression, the Americans will face these people who said 'yes' to Saddam Hussein."

"He's angry when he leaves. His aggression has been building on each trip he makes because he can't find Paul Alamo. And he has good reason: He knows Paul Alamo has shined the law enforcement light on that den of thievery."

"It's a great strategy for getting what you want. A lot of aggressive kids think aggression works. They think about one outcome, but not about the others."

"The animal is gentle and is showing no signs of aggression at the shelter."

"All of this matches very well with previous observations that the amygdala is responsible for fear, anxiety and aggression. Now we're seeing that the neuroD2-deficient mice, when compared to normal littermates, show a profound difference in unconditioned anxiety levels as well as their ability to form emotional memories."