Domesticated Quotes

58 quotes by 51 authors

We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas… — Karen Armstrong
Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited… — Brandon Boyd
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life. — Ben Whishaw
The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to the… — Robert Anton Wilson
That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness. — Antonio Porchia
My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves. — Richard Leakey
It is to be regretted that domestication has seriously deteriorated the moral character of the duck. In a wild state, he is a faithful husband.....but… — Isabella Beeton
We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves. — Arnold J. Toynbee
A horse is freedom so indominable that it becomes useless to imprison it to serve man: it lets itself be domesticated, but with a simple,… — Clarice Lispector
They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in… — Plutarch
The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated. — Victor LaValle
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right… — J M Coetzee
Parody by itself is not subversive, and there must be a way to understand what makes certain kinds of parodic repetitions effectively disruptive, truly troubling,… — Judith Butler
It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses… — Elton Gallegly
Barack Obama has domesticated the left in such a way that we feel as if we have no alternative but him...I refuse to accept that. — Cornel West
Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to… — Jared Diamond
Why were there far more species of domesticated animals in Eurasia than in the Americas? The Americas harbor over a thousand native wild mammal species,… — Jared Diamond
Children are born innocent. Before they are domesticated they live in the moment, love without fear, and don't even think about the opinions of others. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a… — Julia Cameron
GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it… — Ambrose Bierce

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