Brute Quotes

190 Brute quotes by 153 unique authors

Power operates only destructively, bent always on forcing every manifestation of life into the straitjacket of its laws. Its intellectual form of expression is dead… — Rudolf Rocker
Power always acts destructively, for its possessors are ever striving to lace all phenomena of social life into a corset of their laws to give… — Rudolf Rocker
People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws of physics -… — Paul Davies
The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food. Artistic… — William Winwood Reade
One of the biggest mistakes companies make is brute force lead generation - "give me more leads!" -when they don't understand that not all leads… — Aaron Ross
Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me. I think there's sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I'd rather… — Ichiro Suzuki
Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and… — Helio Gracie
Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force. — Helio Gracie
In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the… — Mahatma Gandhi
The cowboys have a way of trussing up a steer or a pugnacious bronco which fixes the brute so that it can neither move nor… — Unknown Author
Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food. — John Milton
THE ART OF PEACE does not rely on weapons or brute force to succeed; instead, we put ourselves in tune with the universe, maintain peace… — Morihei Ueshiba
It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute. — Aung San Suu Kyi
For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense. — Dante Alighieri
TV is sometimes accused of encouraging fantasies. Its real problem, though, is that it encourages-enforces, almost-a brute realism. It is anti-Utopian in the extreme. We're… — Bill McKibben
A vile beastly rottenheaded foolbegotten brazenthroated pernicous piggish screaming, tearing, roaring, perplexing, splitmecrackle crashmecriggle insane ass of a woman is practising howling below-stairs with a… — Edward Lear
Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep... For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that an' Chuck him out, the brute! But… — Rudyard Kipling
We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed between… — Alvin Toffler
Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people… — Winona LaDuke
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. — William Cobbett
If Truth is taken away from us, then Right and Wrong are taken from us as well. If we don't know Right and Wrong, then… — Frank Peretti
The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. — Max Eastman
It is the nature of the brute to remain where he is (not to progress); it is the nature of man to seek good and… — Swami Vivekananda
In order to increase his pleasures, man has intentionally added to the number and pressure of his needs, which in their original state were not… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. — Swami Vivekananda

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