Primitive Quotes · Page 2

When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you.…

— Helen Fisher

The thing framed says that nothing framed it; the tongue never made itself to speak, and yet talks against him that did;…

— Jeremy Taylor

Despite a primitive brain, the octopus possesses an intricate system that helps it decide which tentacle to masturbate with.

— Dana Gould

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects…

— Anonymous

The creative genius may be at once naive and knowledgeable, being at home equally with primitive symbolism and rigorous logic.

— Frank X. Barron

[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it…

— Anonymous

Poetic power is great, strong as a primitive instinct; it has its own unyielding rhythms in itself and breaks out as out…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Lighting was very primitive. And still it was really the way to learn because sometimes some of the modern technology is so…

— Haskell Wexler

To cut short this question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate…

— Albert Camus

The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as the active partner in matters of love…

— Havelock Ellis

As there must be moderation in other things, so there must be moderation in self-criticism. Perpetual contemplation of our own actions produces…

— Herbert Spencer

Although the primitive in art may be both interesting and impressive, as portrayed in American fiction it is conspicuous for dullness alone.…

— Ellen Glasgow

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive…

— Robert Bork

Who ever saw his old clothes, - his old coat, actually worn out, resolved into its primitive elements, so that it was…

— Henry David Thoreau

Against all the opposition in the world, I make this statement - that once I knew a magician. I was a witness…

— Charles Fort

This is still a very primitive age, and I'm afraid they may not get much further here.

— Frederick Lenz

I have discovered the secrets of the pyramids, and have found out how the Egyptians and the ancient builders in Peru, Yucatan…

— Edward Leedskalnin

In the teaching of geography and history a sympathetic understanding (should) be fostered for the characteristics of the different peoples of the…

— Albert Einstein

Mohammed knew that most people are terribly cowardly and stupid. That is why he promised two beautiful women to every courageous warrior…

— Heinrich Himmler

Journalism, like history, has no therapeutic value; it is better able to diagnose than to cure, and it provides society with a…

— Bill Vaughan

Consider the wave of revulsion that floods the average person when he or she hears of the practice of human sacrifice by…

— Steve Allen

The very idea of the nude is only a neutralization of a primitive and violent act.

— Pierre Klossowski

“Civilization’ is just a word! There is a touch of indirect ‘racism’ in it. It unjustly means that the primitive people were…

— Md. Ziaul Haque

Grief doesn't necessarily make you noble. Sometimes it just makes you crazy, or primitive with fear.

— Gail Caldwell

Rooted in the mythology of all primitive races is the belief in a land of peace and happiness, a sort of earthly…

— H. A. Guerber