Bullring Quotes & Sayings

In the bullring, the terrified bull always returns to same spot as if it is a place of safety. It is called the querencia. In writing, I had found my querencia. My place, my passion. — Chloe Thurlow

There is not a single penal institution or reformatory in the United States where men are not tortured "to be made good," by means of the blackjack, the club, the straightjacket, the water-cure, the "humming bird" (an electrical contrivance run along the human body), the solitary, the bullring, and starvation diet. In these institutions his will is broken, his soul degraded, his spirit subdued by the deadly monotony and routine of prison life. — Emma Goldman

Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring. — Marlene Dietrich

My say is this: when you live in a worldwide bullring, bullshit is what you'll get. If they say I cannot be my mother's son, then it must be that I'm her daughter. — A. Igoni Barrett

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. — Marlene Dietrich