Brute Quotes

190 Brute quotes by 153 unique authors

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion… — Edgar Allan Poe
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens… — Ayn Rand
It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play… — Will Self
Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute… — Lysander Spooner
Nothing made by brute force lasts. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead they are no… — Simone Weil
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. — Oscar Wilde
Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute… — Henry David Thoreau
She [my mother] was the force around which our world turned. My mother was propelled through the universe by the brute force of reason. She… — Nicole Krauss
I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle… — A.A. Attanasio
It is a common condition of being poor...you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them… — Rick Bragg
Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter, a swindler, a drug taker, a confirmed liar, and a general swine, without batting… — Agatha Christie
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident… — Joseph Conrad
What Uncle Leo XIII never suspected was that his nephew's courage did not come from the need to survive or from a brute indifference inherited… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood. — Maya Angelou
One might accept death reasoningly, with every aspect of the conscious mind, but the body was a brute beast that knew nothing of reason. — Isaac Asimov
A king is a man strong of character and conviction who leads by example and truly cares for the suffering of his people,not a brute… — R A Salvatore
Every woman adores a Fascist, The boot in the face, the brute Brute heart of a brute like you. — Sylvia Plath
At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince… — Miguel de Unamuno
It was only when the giant got halfway down the incline that he suddenly, happily, burst into flame and continued his trip saying, "NO SURVIVORS,… — William Goldman
It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty… — Mahatma Gandhi
Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her,… — Markus Zusak
I bet you’re not dangerous at all, are you? Are you, you great ugly brute? — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36) — Markus Zusak
Philosophers have often held dispute As to the seat of thought in man and brute For that the power of thought attends the latter My… — Edgar Allan Poe

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