best quotations about
Aggressiveness |
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Quotations
 | It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 14 likes |
 | It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 6 likes |
 | If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? — Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher 6 likes |
 | In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It’s their nature. They can’t help it. — Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer 5 likes |
 | Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 4 likes |
 | Cry “Havoc,” and let slip the dogs of war. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Julius Caesar 4 likes |
 | When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 3 likes |
 | History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 3 likes |
 | A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 3 likes |
 | The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 2 likes |
 | Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense. — Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831, Prussian military theorist 1 likes |
 | There are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. |
 | Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. |
 | What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue. |
| For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. |
 | If it's a woman it's caustic, if it's a man it's authority, If it's a woman it's too pushy, if it's a man it's aggressive in the best sense of the word. |
 | If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist |
 | The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
 | Yes, I insulted him; but I wanted to fight with him, and when you want to fight with people you have to insult them. |
 | Aggressiveness is not the main trouble with the human species, but rather an excess capacity for fanatical devotion. |
| The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common denominator is low intelligence and high emotionality. |
Ancient Greek
 | When you say whatever you want [be prepared to] listen to what you don't want. Ειπών ά θέλεις, αντάκουε ά μη θέλεις — Ancient Greek phrase 4 likes |
 | It is magnanimous to bear offense calmly. Μεγαλοψυχίη το φέρειν πραέως πλημμέλειαν. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 2 likes |
Proverbs
 | People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 8 likes |
| Attack is the best form of defence. 4 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here. — from the film Taxi Driver (1976) 4 likes |
 | I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you? — from the film Goodfellas (1990) 3 likes |
