Quotes about pun
punishment vices complaining
If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues? John Churton Collins
punishment evil together
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other. They are worse than ever when, at the termination of their punishment, they return to society. Napoleon Bonaparte
punishment age old-age
Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived. Emile M. Cioran
punishment merit literature
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. Emily Dickinson
punishment rod spare spoil
Then spare the rod and spoil the child. Samuel Butler
punishment mirrors glutton-for-punishment
Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror. P. G. Wodehouse
punishment bears sin
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. Ovid
punishment bitterness delay
Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
punishment prison crime
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
punishment soul crime
Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better. Joseph Joubert
punishment errors cop
Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error. Murray Rothbard
punishment rocks law
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment. Mark Twain
punishment discipline behavior
Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone’s behavior. Nick Saban
punishment wife domestic-violence
...when a wife wouldn't testify, little punishment was meted out. Alex came to understand that only those who pressed charges ever became truly free, because the life they were leading was a prison, even if most of them wouldn't admit it. Nicholas Sparks
punishment forgiving finals
Make your way to death row and speak with the tragic victims of criminality. As they prepare to make their pathetic walk to the electric chair, their hopeless cry is that society will not forgive. Capital punishment is society's final assertion that it will not forgive. Martin Luther King, Jr.
punishment abortion birth
No punishment for women who have partial birth abortions. Mitt Romney
punishment hands justice
The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment. R. C. Sproul
punishment history wicked
As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted. Oscar Wilde
punishment self abandoned
There is no greater punishment than that of being abandoned to one's self. Pasquier Quesnel
punishment issues battle
If you are willing to take the punishment, you're halfway through the battle. That the issues may be trivial, the battle ugly, is another point. Lillian Hellman
punishment enlightenment rewards
Enlightenment is its own reward, its own punishment. You begin to see so much more. And so much more sees you. Laird Barron
punishment trials merciful
Allah is Most Merciful even when He sends us trials, for even His punishment is for our own good. Omar Suleiman
punishment crime familiar
The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable. Oliver Goldsmith
punishment limits retribution
There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment. Marcus Tullius Cicero
punishment equal offence
Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]
punishment should
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
punishment offense
Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.
punishment argument fit
My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime. Kevin Mitnick
punishment risk drug
It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it's much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.
punishment way psychological
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment. B. F. Skinner
punishment would-be today
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward. Arlen Specter
punishment heaven acting
I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently. Mary Doria Russell
punishment crime disgrace
It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. Pierre Corneille