Playing Victim Quotes

#1. Why are women raped far away (say, Bosnia) called victims, while those raped nearby (say, a local campus) are playing victim politics?

Gloria Steinem

#2. Some people seem to have a black belt in selfishness ... ninja narcissists with no regard to how they impact those around them ... but at the same time, a master at the art of playing victim.

Steve Maraboli

#3. First acting gig was playing a victim in 'America's Most Wanted.' The night the show aired, they caught the killer!

Zoe McLellan

#4. I was young not too long ago, and I know the last thing you want is someone preaching to you.

America Ferrera

#5. I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.

Henri Nouwen

#6. I did try to remember what you said, and to think more of others, but it is so difficult sometimes [ ... ] live only in trying to do, and to be, as other people like. I don't see any end to it. I might as well never have lived.

Elizabeth Gaskell

#7. I've killed my soul by playing the victim.

Peter Stillman

#8. I'm actually more comfortable playing the stroke victim or the girl with no makeup on, looking scruffy and it's all about what's going on inside rather than on the outside.

Nicollette Sheridan

#9. Evil is a choice one makes, not a natural state of being.

Morgan Rhodes

#10. If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

Winston Churchill

#11. Sometimes you have to put your hand up in front of the bullshit wagaon and say, Enough!

Charlie Carillo

#12. Isn't there a statute of limitation on playing the poor abused victim?

Bill Willingham

#13. I would really like to play someone contemporary, as I've done lots of period pieces. I would love to play an American bimbo or a grimy Londoner. But I'm probably more suited in people's minds to playing a corseted victim.

Rachel Hurd-Wood

#14. The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones doing the judging.

Criss Jami

#15. I firmly believe today that the only way to stop violence against women is to speak out and refused to be silenced.

Zainab Salbi

#16. In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the children. Each succeeding child selects a hat and takes on that role: the good child, the black sheep, the clown, and so forth.

Ellen Galinsky

#17. Overly playing the role of the victim can debar you from accepting responsibility for your actions and emotions.

Stephen Richards

#18. I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

Kevin Bacon

#19. Don't tell me he's bisexual! Don't tell me this is more of the guy in the hallway! Don't tell me he wants us to have it off together, Philip Roth fucking Philip Roth! That, I'm afraid, is a form of masturbation too fancy even for me.

Philip Roth

#20. I was very keen on playing a victim.

Clive Owen

#21. Let us cleave ... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the Scripture says in a certain place (Mk. 7:6), 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts is far from Me.'

Pope Clement I

#22. The only thing I consciously avoid is playing the victim. I think women are portrayed as the victim in so many things, and I really like women with strength - although I feel now I may have gone overboard by playing so many strong, sassy women.

Kristen Bell

#23. Beware of perpetrators in disguise ... Some people set fires wherever they go, and have mastered the art of playing the burn victim.

Steve Maraboli

#24. There is a fine line between compassion and a victim mentality. Compassion though is a healing force and comes from a place of kindness towards yourself. Playing the victim is a toxic waste of time that not only repels other people, but also robs the victim of ever knowing true happiness.

Bronnie Ware

#25. I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

Laurie Holden

#26. A heavy warning used to be given that pictures are not rigorous; this has never had its bluff called and has permanently frightened its victims into playing for safety.

John Edensor Littlewood

#27. Sometimes darkness
is the beauty I am made of -

Kelli Russell Agodon