Wild Quotes

2102 quotes by 1446 authors

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal… — David Attenborough
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right… — Chinua Achebe
I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature… — David Attenborough
I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in the woods, with… — Margaret Atwood
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to… — Diane Ackerman
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. — Lord Acton
I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild… — Lester Bangs
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. — Francis Bacon
I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as… — Christine Baranski
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to… — Edward Abbey
I once sat next to Jim from Wild Kingdom on a flight from Atlanta. I find mentioning that opens a lot of doors. — Todd Barry
New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat. — Brendan Behan
The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely. — Buffalo Bill
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity… — William Blake
It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the edge of the… — Tom Bodett
I am in the process of starting a nonprofit organization that gives rescued animals a home in a simulated wild environment and, for those who… — Casey Affleck
We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the… — Daniel Boone
My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a… — Jo Brand

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