Terror Quotes

"The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass"

Laurence Olivier, Actor

"The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear"

Heinrich Himmler, Criminal

"Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion"

Heinrich Heine, Poet

"Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth"

Wole Soyinka, Dramatist

"To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror"

Frank Herbert, Writer

"The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea"

Jean-Luc Godard, Director

"The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength"

Georg Buchner, Dramatist

"It is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror"

Michael Bloomberg, Politician

"As we have all said, we understand that electronic surveillance is a vital tool in the war on terror. We all want to know when Osama bin Laden is calling: when he is calling, who he is calling, and what he is saying"

Chris Van Hollen, Politician

"The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit"

Bob Newhart, Comedian

"This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and that we win in the battles in Iraq. And as the gentleman from Georgia has mentioned, this is not something that is going to be quick and easy"

Marsha Blackburn, Politician

"Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror"

Michael Bloomberg, Politician

"Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror"

George Wald, Scientist

"I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary"

Charles Schumer, Politician

"Terror made me cruel"

Emily Bronte, Novelist

"Priorities like winning the War on Terror and providing tax relief that will keep our economy growing strong"

Dennis Hastert, Politician

"The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror"

Carl Levin, Politician

"Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror"

Al Boliska, Writer

"Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country"

Maximilien Robespierre, Leader

"A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men"

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Novelist

"It's not scary to make a horror film because you get to pull back the curtain and see that none of it's real. When you're watching one, the terror bombards you"

Josh Hartnett, Actor

"Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and whether that action will help or hinder our ultimate mission of protecting U.S. citizens from terror"

Richard Burr, Politician

"Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older"

Pierre Loti, Writer

"The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision"

Maimonides, Philosopher

"As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest"

Jon Porter, Politician

"I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as my head. But here the secret working of self consciousness is almost too entangled with the things of the past for me to explain it"

Pierre Loti, Writer

"The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security"

Richard Burr, Politician

"What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy"

Mario Puzo, Novelist

"In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act"

Don DeLillo, Novelist

"It's a tough time my friends. We need to make sacrifices to ensure our troops have the tools they need in order to get the job done. This budget will help us win the War on Terror"

Dennis Hastert, Politician

"The war on terror is a fight that we did not start, but it is one that we shall finish"

Nick Lampson, Politician

"If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror"

Jack Kevorkian, Activist

"True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to"

Don DeLillo, Novelist

"They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas"

Ed Gillespie, Politician

"So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset"

Ed Gillespie, Politician

"Especially today as we fight the war on terror - against an enemy that represents hatred, extremism and stands behind no flag - we need to remember the sacrifices that have gone into protecting our flag"

Bill Shuster, Politician

"I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others"

Dean Koontz, Author

"In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens"

David Brin, Author

"So it's sheer terror, but then, this is the whole reason that we went so long to Doctor Simons, was to get rid of all these... mixed feelings that we had"

Betty Hill, Celebrity

"There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must"

Tony Blair, Statesman

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