In nothing was slavery so savage and relentless as in its attempted destruction of the family instincts of the Negro race in… — Fannie Barrier Williams Copy Share Image
It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
The savage who loves himself, his wife and child with quiet joy and glows with limited activity of his tribe as for… — Johann Gottfried Herder Copy Share Image
Cookery is the art of preparing food for the nourishment of the body. Prehistoric man may have lived on uncooked foods, but… — Fannie Farmer Copy Share Image
All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments... it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
Here is this vast, savage, howling mother of ours, Nature, lying all around, with such beauty, and such affection for her children,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
His eyes were frighteningly alive, the curve of his mouth savage and pleased. It suddenly didn't seem at all surprising that he… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I want no part of peace with savages who throw acid on and gun down young girls going to school. I would… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Did you eat something that didn't agree with you?" asked Bernard. The Savage nodded "I ate civilization. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The beautiful wooden board on a stand in my father's study. The gleaming ivory pieces. The stern king. The haughty queen. The… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When forced to survive in an apocalyptic world, there are some characters that embrace their higher selves with some emerging as natural… — Laurie Holden Copy Share Image
“He feels ennui depression adrift in his life. Purposeless, perhaps because —dig a well in the Sudan and thejanjaweed come in and… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
All right then," said the savage defiantly, I'm claiming the right to be unhappy." "Not to mention the right to grow old… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he… — Henry Home, Lord Kames Copy Share Image
All I'd have to do then was roll with the consequences of inviting dewinged, fanged fairies into Trent's backyard. God, they were… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
