When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that. – William Kingdon Clifford
In Washington, if someone disagrees with you, the problem must be your heart – you must be evil. – Steve Southerland
If we’re not compelled to gain a deeper understanding of good and evil, how can we make the world a better place? How can we find ourselves at the end of our lives and know that our lives were significant? Those things would be impossibilities. – Scott Derrickson
For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things. – Sophocles
I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil. – Taya Kyle
People do evil things because they are evil. Some people are evil in the way that some things are coloured indigo. They commit their evil deeds not to achieve some goal, but just because of the sort of people they are. – Terry Eagleton
When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. – Tony Campolo
There are no black and white, good or bad characters in ‘Game Of Thrones,’ but Joffrey was an exception. Just pure evil. – Sophie Turner
It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed. – Simon Conway Morris
American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they’re not given the information. – Tim Robbins
January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
I know why we can’t have a frank discussion with our policymakers – if you’re in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong. – Steven Soderbergh
The evil within the fantasy genre tends to be threatening to the heroes within the story, but not to the reader – or not to the viewer, in the case of cinema – and that’s why I think it’s more palatable and something that is more easily embraced for a lot of people. – Scott Derrickson
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine
I think there’s something about evil that is thoughtless and relentless and incredibly frightening because it can’t be reckoned with, reasoned with or stopped. – Wentworth Miller
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. – Wilhelm Steinitz
The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. – Thomas Hardy
Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes. – Vladimir Lenin
I’ve done a few interviews where I realized that 9/11 was the ultimate home invasion, not to be glib about it. You know, where the place that you think is safe and the people that you think are safe and far from evil are suddenly just slaughtered by it, and you have no control over it. – Wes Craven
When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. – Xun Kuang