Commit Quotes
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Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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More Commit Quotes
Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity. There is not one of us who, given an eternal incognito, a thumbprint nowhere set against our souls, would not commit rape, murder and all abominations.
Djuna Barnes— Ch. 5 : Watchman, What of the Night?
There was little public sympathy for T?j? in Japan in the post-war period. His responsibility for the war, his oppressive regime, and his failure to commit suicide turned him into a notorious figure. Later revelations about his personal integrity, impeccable family life, devotion to duty, and loyalty to the emperor somewhat improved his image.
Hideki Tojo— Professor Ben-Ami Shillony, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1995)
The World is divided into armed camps ready to commit genocide just because we can't agree on whose fairy tales to believe. In the end, Religion will kill us all.
ed krebs— Had Enough Religious Bullshit, Ed Krebs' site.
Relying on the atonement which Christ has made, and desiring to be saved in no other way, I commit myself into Thy hands, O God, my Father! Take me, and do with me as Thou seest to be for Thy glory. I consecrate myself forever to Thy service, and trust for acceptance in the merits of Thy Son.
samuel i. prime— P. 231. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
There is no sin , and there can be no sin on all the earth , which the Lord will not forgive to the truly repentant! Man cannot commit a sin so great as to exhaust the infinite love of God . Can there be a sin which could exceed the love of God?
fyodor dostoevsky— Book II, ch. 3 (trans. Constance Garnett)
When we commit violence against an infant girl, we call it child abuse; when we commit violence against an infant boy, we call it circumcision.
warren farrell— p. 221. (Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex)
Unfortunately, catastrophes or scandalous disclosures always have to happen before humanity realises that it is only its own mistakes that have led it into misfortune. These are all the more difficult to rectify, because in the main they have been made by the authorities, who will not commit suicide themselves, but in order to save their own skins, they would rather that all Life should perish before they acknowledge their errors.
viktor schauberger— Viktor Schauberger, 1933 - Implosion Magazine, No. 2, p. 23. (Callum Coats: The Fertile Earth)
Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicate, for they have no souls.
edward coke— Edward Coke, Case of Sutton's Hospital (1612), 5 Rep. 303; 10 Rep. 32 b.
South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, more than double that of the United States. According to one recent OECD report, [South] Korea had bucked a trend of falling suicide rates among developed nations, with suicide rising to become the fourth most common cause of death. Unlike most other countries, South Koreans actually become more likely to commit suicide as they age.
— Adam Taylor, "South Korea’s ferry tragedy touches on country’s suicide epidemic" (18 April 2014), The Washington Post
Whatever open-border libertarians think about immigration law, once the immigration scofflaw steals, trespasses, or vandalizes private property, said alien is guilty of crimes. To say, moreover, that the state’s laws made masses of men and women commit such crimes is to voice the philosophy of determinism, not individualism.
— “That Spot of Bother on the Border,” WorldNetDaily.com, May 4, 2007.
I shall add that only he who has decided to commit suicide can start a nuclear war in the hope of emerging a victor from it. No matter what the attacker might possess, no matter what method of unleashing nuclear war he chooses, he will not attain his aims. Retribution will inevitably ensue.
— As quoted in Soviet Strategy and the New Military Thinking (1992) by Derek Leebaert and Timothy Dickinson, p. 68
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post "Thou shalt not steal", "Thou shalt not commit adultery" and "Thou shalt not lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
George carlin
[They] will fearlessly commit both parties to favor mother love and the protection of the whooping crane, and to oppose the man-eating shark and the more unpopular forms of sin.
— Of party platforms. Quoted in Marc Gunther The House That Roone Built (1994).
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me,O L God of truth.
Bible (Old Testament)— ORDPsalms 31:5.
At dawn prayers today on March 20 2003 (17 Muharram 1424), the criminal, reckless little Bush and his aides committed this crime that he was threatening to commit against Iraq and humanity.
Saddam Hussein— 2003 Address to the nation of Iraq, broadcast on state television, after a US strike on Baghdad. Quoted in The Guardian, 20 Mar.
They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicate, for they have no souls.
edward coke— Case of Sutton's Hospital, 10 Rep. 32.; 77 Eng Rep 960, 973 (K.B. 1612).
The crime he did commit was that of practical, complicated, and nuanced thought. Though an ardent anti-communist, he also knew that Chiang's regime was bankrupt and that eventually America would have to deal with Mao if it wanted power over him.
davies, john paton, jr.— Roger Rosenblatt. source
So for us, the condition and preparation on and by which we are sheltered by that great hand, is the faith that asks, and the asking of faith. We must forsake the earthly props, but we must also believingly desire to be upheld by the heavenly arms. We make God responsible for our safety when we abandon other defense, and commit ourselves to Him.
alexander maclaren— P. 239. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
In the U.S., blacks are 12% of the population but commit 50% of violent crimes; can anyone honestly think this is unconnected to the fact that they average 15 points of IQ lower than the general population? That stupid people are more violent is a fact independent of skin color.
eric s. raymond— What good is IQ?
Don't commit suicide, because you might change your mind two weeks later.
Art Buchwald— A humorous personal mantra he used to combat his states of depression, published in Too Soon to Say Goodbye (2006)Leaving Home (1995)
A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.
Paul Gauguin— Manuscript, known as "Cahier pour Aline" (ca. 1892-1893), p. 68
If we continue to pardon or excuse the wrongdoers who commit acts of criminality in unsettling an elected government, we don't have any guarantee, do we, that this kind of exercise won't be repeated in the future.
graeme leung— 14 June 2005 letter to Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase
The United States government does not authorise or condone torture of detainees. Torture, and conspiracy to commit torture, are crimes under US law, wherever they may occur in the world.
condoleezza rice— In response to the allegation that the U.S. has operated secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe, December 5, 2005
If an S and an I and an O and a U With an X at the end spell Su; And an E and a Y and an E spell I, Pray what is a speller to do? Then, if also an S and an I and a G And an HED spell side, There's nothing much left for a speller to do But to go commit siouxeyesighed.
— An Orthographic Lament; although Adams had published at least one poem playing on the pronunciation of the word Sioux, no firm evidence supports his authorship of this work.
There are a great many ways to commit suicide, you know.
Stephen King— Stephen King, The Stand (Uncut), chapter 55, p. 799, unidentified edition
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
— Paul of Tarsus, letter to the Romans 13:8
I summarize more than 30 years of research on factors that can create a "perfect storm " which leads good people to engage in evil actions . This transformation of human character is what I call the "Lucifer Effect," named after God 's favorite angel , Lucifer , who fell from grace and ultimately became Satan . Rather than providing a religious analysis, however, I offer a psychological account of how ordinary people sometimes turn evil and commit unspeakable acts.
— Philip Zimbardo, in his introduction to his site on The Lucifer Effect (2007)
To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature.
— Life of Fabius.
From my point of view the killing of another, except in defense of human life , is archistic, authoritarian , and therefore, no Anarchist can commit such deeds. It is the very opposite of what Anarchism stands for.
— Joseph Labadie, in "Anarchism and Crime" in Anarchism (1932)
