Tamed Quotes

96 quotes by 76 authors

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of… — Gertrude Jekyll
Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. — Ella Maillart
Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts. — Jean Rostand
Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to taboo and dangerous… — Susan Sontag
When he stood trembling with fear before the captor, bruised from falls by the restrictive rope, made submissive by choking, clogs, cuts and starvation, he… — J. Frank Dobie
Guns have metamorphosed into cameras in this earnest comedy, the ecology safari, because nature has ceased to be what it always had been - what… — Susan Sontag
Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do not offer the… — Colin McGinn
I'm not coming out trying to prove anything to anyone, like, 'Oh, I'm in assless chaps!' or 'I can't be tamed!' I've already been through… — Katy Perry
No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human breast, and seeks to wrestle with them,… — Sigmund Freud
To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened imagination, which can… — Robert Thurman
A brand-new pair of toe shoes presents itself to us as an enemy with a will of its own that must be tamed. — Toni Bentley
These masters of the universe must be tamed in the interests of the ordinary families whose jobs and livelihoods are being put at risk... The… — Vince Cable
Happiness is impossible, and even inconceivable, to a mind without scope and without pause, a mind driven by craving, pleasure, or fear. To be happy,… — George Santayana
Overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it. Creativity is impossible without a rich public domain. Nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire,… — Alex Kozinski
Do not trust the person of spite; though you have loved and tamed them, the snake will bite. — Morgan Brittany
When I consider that the noble animals have been exterminated here - the cougar, panther, lynx, wolverine, wolf, bear, moose, deer, the beaver, the turkey,… — Henry David Thoreau
All humans are essentially wild creatures and hate confinement. We need what is wild, and we thrill to it, our wildness bubbling over with an… — Jay Griffiths
Dreams cannot be tamed. Dreamers cannot be ruled. — Paulo Coelho
Somerset has a wonderful wildness about it - it hasn't been tamed. This is farming country, and there's a realness here - I love it. — Anthony Head
Men and women, inspired by faith in man's dignity, goaded by conviction in man's responsibility, labored that this land might be a better home for… — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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