Brutes Quotes

236 Brutes quotes by 187 unique authors

People who don't read are brutes. — Eugene Ionesco
So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is… — John Locke
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
To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can… — Thomas Paine
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
It rasped her, though, to have stirring about in her this brutal monster! to hear twigs cracking and feel hooves planted down in the depths… — Virginia Woolf
...looking angrily at the wombat: and a moment later, 'Come now, Stephen, this is coming it pretty high: your brute is eating my hat.' 'So… — Patrick O'Brian
The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought, but that is… — Milan Kundera
i understand that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. i understood… — John Gardner

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