Primal Quotes
169 quotes by 148 authors
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It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real…
— Guy Davenport
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I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten.
— Victor Salva
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Ethical and moral questions and how we answer them may determine whether primal scenes will continue to be a source of joy and comfort to…
— Sigurd F. Olson
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O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men! be wary how…
— Dante Alighieri
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There is something about nature out of control that touches a primal terror. We are used to believing that we're the masters of our domain,…
— Robert R. McCammon
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The romantic artist, off alone in his storm-battered castle, fuming whole worlds from his brain, reflects his culture's most persistent myth, of God creating from…
— Garry Wills
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The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget.
— William Osler
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man,…
— H P Lovecraft
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Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire…
— Brené Brown
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Each person may see a fight in different ways... They can see more to a primal way. Others they can see in a pure artistic…
— Roger Gracie
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Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Stein’s memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found, and about the author’s journey to reclaim—and celebrate—that most…
— Mira Bartok
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Our lives are pretty calm. Merging on the freeway in the closest you get to risking your life. So what's missing now is that primal…
— Oren Peli
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Death, like birth, is one of nature's mysteries, the combining of primal elements and dissolving of the same into the same.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement,…
— Paula Cole
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The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by…
— Nora Ephron
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I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions.
— Margot Kidder
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The vexing thing about human behavior is that when we say we know we should do something, we really and truly do know it. It's…
— Jeffrey Kluger
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It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible.
— Johnny Knoxville
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Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The…
— John Krasinski
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Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.
— Kevin McCloud
Who Wrote These Primal Quotes
148 authors contributed a total of 169 Primal Quotes, led by these top contributors: