"Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than such as are more merciful in general, yet properly intermixed with due distinctions of severity."

-- William Blackstone

#Punishment Quotes #People Quotes #Hell Quotes

“I have something to fight for and live for; that makes me a better killer. I've got what amounts to a religion , now .”
“When each day is the same as the next, itâ€™s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”
“Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.”
“Quite often, when an idea that could be helpful presents itself, we do not appreciate it, for it is so inconspicuous. The expert has, perhaps, no more ideas than the inexperienced, but appreciates more what he has and uses it better.”
“We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins.”
“I feel a lot more comfortable at shortstop, but it's no problem, I'll move to make room.”
“Every film is a crapshoot. It's a mystery when a movie comes together. I've never been able to figure it out. I don't know how I make my choices. The only thing you can do is know there's something about a character that you really want to experience.”

Source : "Elisabeth Shue: Shue Shines Again". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. August 1, 2000.
“Prose, narratives, etcetera, can carry healing. Poetry does it more intensely.”

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