Savage Quotes

368 Savage quotes by 284 unique authors

Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect. — Charles Warren Stoddard
Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be… — Confucius
Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which is the sublime… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze by the sweet power of music. — William Shakespeare
Civilize the mind but make savage the body. — Mao Zedong
I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject the notion that… — Andrei Sakharov
A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of… — Ramsey Clark
There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast.… — Josemaria Escriva
A strange thing has happened - while all the other arts were born naked, this, the youngest, has been born fully-clothed. It can say everything… — Virginia Woolf
Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either… — Joseph Story
There is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall,… — Edmund Burke
There is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast. — Helen Rowland
I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other.… — Muhammad Ali
A bambiraptor is a savage baby dear. — Alan Davies
I've frequently been asked over the years who Lily Savage was based on and I've always answered that it was no one in particular and… — Paul O'Grady
I wish I could recall with clarity the impulse that compelled me to help bring this camp into being. I'd be pleased if I could… — Paul Newman
I wanted, I think, to acknowledge Luck: the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the… — Paul Newman
In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad — Pamela Geller
Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and… — Le Corbusier
We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest — Thabo Mbeki
The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. — Nelson A. Miles
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;—war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of… — Alexander Hamilton
No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and… — Ida B. Wells
Everywhere, giant finned cars nose forward like fish; a savage servility slides by on grease. — Robert Lowell
Raw hatred took its time making an outpost of its rage and prepared for me a savage crown with rusty, bloodstained spikes. It wasn't pride… — Pablo Neruda

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