Prey Quotes

328 Prey quotes by 273 unique authors

Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey,… — Sharon Tate
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality,… — Unknown Author
Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is essentially an interruption of habits, it can be… — August Strindberg
If the mind is tranquil and occupied with positive thoughts, the body will not easily fall prey to disease — Dalai Lama
Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy prey - and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
By my makeup and temperament I wasn't really prey to physical desires. Everything happened in my head. — Anne Desclos
Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on… — Marlene Dietrich
For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing… — Thomas Gray
The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against an enemy. It… — Gilbert Murray
Gun control has proved to be a grievous failure, a means of disarming honest citizens without limiting firepower available to those who prey on the… — Doug Bandow
Men had better be without education than be educated by their rulers; for their education is but the mere breaking in of the steer to… — Thomas Hodgskin
Why should I disguise what you know so well, but what the crowd never dream of? We companies are all birds of prey; mere birds… — Charles Dickens
Judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to… — Charles Dickens
And hate the bright stillness of the noon without wind, without motion. the only other living thing a hawk, hungry for prey, suspended in the… — Dana Gioia
In this job it's like beasts of prey in a cage — Unknown Author
One who is afraid of time becomes a prey of time. But time itself becomes a prey of that one who is not afraid of… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
England totally disarmed and an easy prey to hostile forces! Can you think of anything more likely to excite cupidity and hostile intention? We should… — Stanley Baldwin
In a society that judges self-worth on productivity, it's no wonder we fall prey to the misconception that the more we do, the more we're… — Ellen Stern
Australian Aboriginees say that the big stories - the stories worth telling and retelling, the ones in which you may find the meaning of your… — Robert Moss
I damaged all the complicated bits of the brain to do with processing and emotional control. I was prey to every single emotion that swept… — Richard Hammond

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