Bob Thomason quotes

“I don't know about them, but I sure am. I'm out for revenge.”
-- Bob Thomason

#Revenge Quotes

“The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs”

“Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway”

“Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I'm praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.”

“He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.”

“Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.”

“It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree....I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions I carried out has in any way acted as a deterrent against future murder. Capital punishment, in my view, achieved nothing except revenge.”

“I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people...The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off.”

“Capital punishment in my view achieved nothing except revenge.”

Source : Albert Pierrepoint (1974). “Executioner, Pierrepoint”

“As readers, we are seldom interested in the fine sentiments of a lesson learnt; we seldom care about the good manners of morals. Repentance puts an end to conversation; forgiveness becomes the stuff of moralistic tracts. Revenge - bloodthirsty, justice-hungry revenge - is the very essence of romance, lying at the heart of much of the best fiction.”

“May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.”