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Punishing Quotes (page 8)

In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk. Robert Kiyosaki
You miss the whole point, Pastor. What I did was wrong, but I couldn't stop myself. Why couldn't I stop myself? Because of what I am. I wasn't born this way. I became a man with a lot of problems, not because of my DNA, but because of what society demanded. Lock ' em up. Punish the hell out of them. And if you make a few monsters along the way, to bad. John Grisham
Jerzy Kosinski quote: "I deserve no punishment at all for being who I am."
I deserve no punishment at all for being who I am. Jerzy Kosinski
Sherman Alexie quote: "I had left the tribe, and I was being punished for that."
I had left the tribe, and I was being punished for that. Sherman Alexie
I wish I hadn't cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears ! Lewis Carroll
For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain, crying aloud for mercy, and let there be no surcease to this agony till he sing in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails…and when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him forever.” — Anonymous Curse on Book Theives from the Monaster... Anatole Broyard
Emily Bronte quote: "It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to..."
It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive. Emily Bronte
better for him that each sin of his life had brought its sure swift penalty along with it. there was purification in punishment Oscar Wilde
Aneurin Bevan quote: "Virtue is its own punishment."
Virtue is its own punishment. Aneurin Bevan
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the Gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows, and, in old age, teach the chastened to be wise. Sophocles
V. S. Naipaul quote: "The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we..."
The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves. V. S. Naipaul
Jean M. Auel quote: "You weren't being punished. You were waiting for me."
You weren't being punished. You were waiting for me. Jean M. Auel
Ah, Antonio, it IS the noblest sport that ever was. I would give a year of my life to see it. Is the bull always killed?"? "Yes. Sometimes a bull is timid, finding himself in so strange a place, and he stands trembling, or tries to retreat. Then everybody despises him for his cowardice and wants him punished and made ridiculous; so they hough him from behind, and it is the funniest thing in the world to see him hobbling around on his severed legs; the whole vast house goes into hurricanes of... Mark Twain
When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true. Elbert Hubbard
It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself__anything that carried the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word... George Orwell

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