Primitive Quotes

423 quotes by 353 authors

I am convinced that God is love, this thought has for me a primitive lyrical validity. When it is present to me, I am unspeakably… — Soren Kierkegaard
Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart… — Edgar Allan Poe
Is there not in every human soul a primitive spark, a divine element, incorruptible in this world and immortal in the next, which can be… — Victor Hugo
-You're simple, straightforward and honest, a little bit on the primitive side, I should think. To interest you a woman would have to... -To lay… — Tennessee Williams
The antique, almost primitive band he held between his fingers caught the sunlight, glinting silver. â€œI found this ring shortly after I was banished from… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Hannibal Lecter: We live in a primitive time - don't we, Will? - neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any… — Thomas Harris
All right, you primitive screwheads. Listen up. I'm Harry Dresden. I'm the new Winter Knight. — Jim Butcher
The 'gallows' are not only a symbol of death, but also a symbol of cruelty, terror and irreverence for life; the common denominator of primitive… — Arthur Koestler
Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained,… — Louis L'Amour
If you have moved over vast territories and dared to love silly things, you will have learned even from the most primitive items collected and… — Ray Bradbury
We were too intelligent, too cynical for war. Of course, you don't have to be stupid and primitive to die a stupid, primitive death. — Geraldine Brooks
I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my… — Robert Louis Stevenson
So decisive", he murmured in that calm tone that had adrenaline flooding her body, the primitive part of her brain conscious she was in the… — Nalini Singh
The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. Itâ€™s called… — Dan Brown
I want to love you wildly. I donâ€™t want words, but inarticulate cries, meaningless, from the bottom of my most primitive being, that flow from… — Anais Nin
Only in time of fear is government thrown back to its primitive and sole function of self-defense and the many interests of which it is… — Jane Addams
Whoever shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world. — Benjamin Franklin
The conception of gods originated in fear and curiosity. Primitive man, unable to understand the phenomena of nature, and harassed by them, saw in every… — Emma Goldman
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice… — Bertrand Russell
Human beings are born with the instinct to express themselves through movement. Even before he could communicate with words, primitive man was dancing to the… — Bob Fosse

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