Deadly Physical Force

Famous quotes containing the words deadly, physical and/or force:

    “I think that parents ought to get some idea of how the so- called “experts” have changed their advice over the decades, so that they won’t take them deadly seriously, and so that if the parent has the strong feeling, “I don’t like this advice,” the parent won’t feel compelled to follow it. . . . So don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.”
    —Benjamin Spock (b. 1903)

    “It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.”
    —Stephen Leacock (1869–1944)

    “Men have two ways of righting their wrongs, by force and by the ballot. Both are denied to women, one by nature, the other by man.”
    —Ida A. Harper 1851–1931, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. Fireman’s Magazine, repr. In The Woman’s Magazine, pp. 423-5 (May 1887)