Brute Quotes

190 quotes by 153 authors

Man has reason, discrimination and free-will such as it is. The brute has no such thing. It is not a free agent, and knows no… — Mahatma Gandhi
Homosexuals are brute beasts... part of a vile and satanic system that will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven. — Jerry Falwell
Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity. — George Bernard Shaw
We dominate a horse by mind over matter. We could never do it by brute strength. — Monica Dickens
The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular. — George Santayana
Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the… — Ronald Reagan
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation... — Edmund Burke
It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end, that which lives by delicate… — D. H. Lawrence
Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against… — Sigmund Freud
Without doubt God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it. He directs angels,… — Joseph de Maistre
Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent. — Lennox Lewis
Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management is so much… — Peter Watts
There's that popular misconception of man as something between a brute and an angel. Actually man is in transit between brute and God. — Norman Mailer
The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting… — Bruce Lee
The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance. — Mike Huckabee
A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate. — Robert A. Heinlein
Chess is a unique battlefield for human minds and computers - human intuition, our creativity, fantasy, our logic, versus the brute force of calculation and… — Garry Kasparov
An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force. — John Dewey
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first place. Except where… — Ross Douthat
To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is… — Mahatma Gandhi

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