I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette.
- Anthony HopkinsIf you don`t show the actual violence and the audience provides their own violence, it`s much more gruesome. This is a guy who spent a lot time planning and preparing, and what was he doing? He was punishing people for their sins. He had a moral agenda. A twisted moral agenda, but do you know how many people do? People in high places. - on the violence in Se7en (1995)
- Morgan FreemanI`ve done Hamlet, and no one talks about Hamlet killing five people. No one even talks about sending him to jail. And it`s the same thing for a character like Abruzzi. I think people root for him because he`s just punishing people who are bad humans in a way. Always in movies and TV, in drama we always root for those characters. Even if they have killed four or five people, they have killed people that we`ve really disliked. They have done us a service. And he`s such a character. That`s why I`ve tried to keep him very Shakespearean. --talking about his character John Abruzzi from "Prison Break" (2005)
- Peter StormareAnd I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing.
- Alfre WoodardWe should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren`t punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That`s war. And this is war.
- Ann CoulterGuilt: punishing yourself before God doesn`t.
- Alan CohenI have no doubt that aggressively going after wrongdoing can result in real improvement. Fewer wrongdoers in city government means more honest employees; it means better city services; it means more efficient government. And punishing wrongdoing can have a strong ripple effect that deters others from going down the wrong path.
- David HoffmanPunishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they`re going to make mistakes.
- Ross PerotTrials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win.
- Tammy BruceThe welfare system, up until now, has encouraged illegitimacy by punishing recipients with reduction or elimination of aid if they marry.
- Tammy BruceToward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.
- Abu MorshedVengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people`s minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.
- Al HostetlerOf course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
- Al HostetlerPeople are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.
- Alfred PlattIn addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes.
- Alice BestermanPunishing abuse in Iraq should not return the U.S. to Sept. 10, 2001, in the way it fights al Qaeda, while Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants remain at large and continue to plan attacks.
- Allan KlineI think it`s the rich getting richer, ... They`re taking advantage of a bad situation and punishing our wallets.
- Anthony GriffinI was really encouraged to see the rebound in activity in June and July. The local economy looks much healthier this summer than it did this past spring. However, a clear up-trend is not yet in place and probably will be slow to develop given the punishing level of energy prices and the prospect of more consolidation in the auto industry.
- Anthony Hernandez(The legion sticks to traditional methods of instruction. A savage punch to the stomach helps most officers make their point, followed by a knee to the face if the recruit objects. Soldiers are put through a punishing physical routine of forced marches with heavy loads, marathon runs of no determined distance, or convict-style projects like filling a vast pit with boulders that have to be lifted by hand.) This ain`t an army, ... This is Devil`s Island.
- Arjun NarsinghToward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief
- James Russell Lowell