Sydney Madwed Quotes

I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression.

There's something about rhetorical violence that is ugly and worrying.

Often I think bullying - especially in its adult, verbal forms - is the sort of thing you don't realize till the end of the day, and it's a horrible feeling to realize something wasn't just a bland statement, but was actually cruel. But then we're all capable of - of things that are breathtakingly cruel.

I've had threats.

If things are said maliciously, and they're meant to hurt, then that's the sort of thing we need to try and stamp out.

It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper.

Assault in any form is never OK, and I want to be very clear on that.

We got an old saying: I would rather you punch my teeth down my throat than throw a popcorn punch!

People could be really horrible, you know? They would threaten my parents.

Let's face it, when is it actually ever funny to joke about hitting someone? Never, right? The threat to give someone a slap, no matter how you look at it, is aggressive.

Fans seemingly project their frustration and anger on the players and coaches. This results in insults and even in people spitting at us.

My sister's a bully.

Passive violence can be as simple as someone honking their horn at you for not turning fast enough when the light changes. And it can be highly complex, like when your co-worker undermines all of your work relationships by spreading rumors and lies about you. That's how passive violence rolls.

Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.

Bullies are just frightened people.

Violence is not funny.

I hate mean people. People who just pick at you and try to force you into a train wreck.

You know, violence, I think, knocks on everyone's door.

Bullies are just ignorant.

Sir one more comment like that and I will strangle you with my microphone wire!

One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you.

Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic.

Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness.

It's never fun to read death threats.

Certainly in the movie business there are bullies all over - bullies in the distribution business, exhibition business, production. Fine-tuning adult bullying is different. When a bully is an adult, it's a whole different set of colors.