Ferocity Quotes

48 quotes by 43 authors

These days, the Rolling Stones still have an edge, but that fangs-out ferocity has mellowed considerably. — Diablo Cody
All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity. — Baron d'Holbach
Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Lucidity's task: to attain a correct despair, an Olympian ferocity. — Emile M. Cioran
The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach. — Frank Herbert
Why on earth should we be at each other's throats? Why do people insist on defending their ideas and opinions with such ferocity, as if… — J. G. Farrell
It became evident to me that there was a very serious political element at work. I know that the term impeachment was bandied about. I… — Fred F. Fielding
When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder,… — C L R James
The future of the world depends on the full restoration of the Sacred Feminine in all its tenderness, passion, divine ferocity, and surrendered persistence. — Andrew Harvey
The sensuality, delicacy of literature does not exist for me; only the passion, energy and struggleâ€¦ Most of my friends deplore this: they are always… — Christina Stead
From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral distinctions arise from… — David Hume
It is only now and then, in a jungle, or amidst the towering white menace of a burnt or burning Australian forest, that Nature strips… — H.G. Wells
Those who march with us will certainly face abuse, misunderstanding, bitter animosity, and possibly the ferocity of struggle and of danger. In return, we can… — Oswald Mosley
To see the convulsions, agonies and tortures of a poor fellow-creature, whom they cannot restore nor recompense, dying to gratify luxury and tickle callous and… — George Cheyne
There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity… — M. L. Stedman
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and… — Emile M. Cioran
We read Charlotte Bronte not for exquisite observation of character, not for comedy, not for a philosophic view of life, but for her poetry. Probably… — Virginia Woolf
I do not dream of a gentle revolution. My passion runs to the violence of supersession, the ferocity of a life that renounces nothing. — Raoul Vaneigem
A person is great, not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God. — Fulton J. Sheen
The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the characteristic features of… — Ibn Khaldun

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