Lou Reed Quotes

We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.

All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.

Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence.

I think we have too much violence in wrestling, on TV in general, and society as a whole.

Ingenious to their ruin, every age improves the art and instruments of rage.

Social media is driving the culture, it drives peoples minds literally.

There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures.

What's the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids' heads? Taking someone else's girl, which is so laissez-faire in hip-hop, will get you killed in the streets, but it doesn't seem to be an issue when you hear it on the radio.

I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.

I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids.

If every violent program in the nation were blipped off the air for 48 hours, and replaced by reruns of the 'Donna Reed Show', there would not be one less death in South Central LA. At most you'd have several more incidents of people shooting out their TVs.

Harmless and innocent until they're taught to be violent and militant.

I paint the walls with his blood.

I think that that the main problem with a lot of social media stuff in terms of ratings is it's a very skewed motivation.

You just have to be careful because social media can begin to affect personal things such as relationships, just to pin point. People have become so entitled as it relates to social media.

We live in an age of rapid mass media, television, Internet. They determine our tempo, not books.

We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.

She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

Kill them now, cause I need some kicks. I need some kicks, I'm getting bored.

When you look at things like social media, that's an immensely powerful tool that I'm all in favor of. I think it's amazing. It's a powerful tool, and it's one that we're, as a species, still grappling with learning to use. It's like we've grown an extra tail and we inadvertently lash out and knock over all of the furniture.

I'm not talking so much about sex - after you've seen sex in a picture, what else can happen - but violence is very bad. People think these are things you are allowed to do. I think they should be forbidden.

There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again

Imagine what things would be like if the news media actually sided with civilization.

Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time that I wonder if we've lost the ability to daydream.