Primitive Quotes

423 quotes by 353 authors

We know from biology that new forms of organisms simulate their primitive form as closely as possible at first, even though obliged to exist under… — Wilhelm Ostwald
By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso. — Robert Quine
This is still a very primitive age, and I'm afraid they may not get much further here. — Frederick Lenz
France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right… — Adam Michnik
I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer. — Robert Wyatt
The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by hardy Polynesian sailors, who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in primitive canoes, braving violent storm-tossed seas for… — Dave Barry
American radio is the reverse of the Shakespearean stage. In Shakespeare's time the world's greatest dramas were acted with the most primitive technical arrangements; on… — George Mikes
9 saw the first direct-dialed long-distance telephone call, between New York and San Francisco. Of course, back in that primitive era the parties had to… — Dave Barry
Sex is the point of contact between man and nature, where morality and good intentions fall to primitive urges. — Camille Paglia
Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in a town or a city, for sooner or later a… — Arthur Keith
Men were only made into 'men' with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally 'a man' any more than the woman.… — Wyndham Lewis
I like druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains. I like their lack of training, their primitive technique. I think it hurts you,… — Lou Reed
It is odd to think that there is a word for something which, strictly speaking, does not exist, namely, "rest." We distinguish between living and… — Max Born
My musical knowledge is so bad it's embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in… — Jane Campion
In some far-off distant time, when the twentieth century history of primitive computing is just a murky memory, someone is likely to suppose that devices… — Charles Petzold
The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive peoples. — Calvin Coolidge
Despite the theories traditionally taught in high-school social studies, the truth is: the more primitive the society, the more leisured its way of life. — Peter Farb
Primitive, simplistic anti-Communism is all too often used as a common denominator for diverse efforts to perpetuate one's own power in a democratic system, convert… — Eugen Kogon
In terms of their basic biochemical design....no living system can be thought of as being primitive or ancestral with respect to any other system, nor… — Michael Denton
And, to prevent mistakes, I must advertize you, that I now mean by elements, as those chymists that speak plainest do by their principles, certain… — Robert Boyle

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