Wild Quotes

2102 quotes by 1430 authors

If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father. — William Shakespeare
Civilization has ceased to be that delicate flower which was preserved and painstakingly cultivated in one or two sheltered areas of a soil rich in… — Claude Levi-Strauss
What little wilderness remains displays the patterns we must return to, if our species and as many others as now remain are to persist here… — Stephanie Mills
Without knowing it, we utilize hundreds of products each day that owe their origin to wild animals and plants. Indeed our welfare is intimately tied… — Norman Myers
You have opened up the prison gates of my womanhood. And all the passion that was unsatisfied in for me so many years, leaped into… — Emma Goldman
Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man. — D. H. Lawrence
Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can explain to them… — Peter Singer
Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a significant contribution to… — Peter Singer
The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts reduced to cringing… — Desmond Morris
I held a blue flower in my hand, probably a wild aster, wondering what its name was, and then thought that human names for natural… — Sally Carrighar
There is growing awareness of the beauty of country ... a sincere desire to keep some of it for all time. People are beginning to… — Olaus Murie
Society may protect itself without putting a human to death as it would a wild animal. Since we believe each person has a soul, and… — Richard Viguerie
Back in the days when men were hunters and chest beaters and women spent their whole lives worrying about pregnancy or dying in childbirth, they… — Erica Jong
It is upsetting that many people don't seem to observe what's happening to the environment, what's happening in terms of global warming, the loss of… — Joanne Woodward
It is to be regretted that domestication has seriously deteriorated the moral character of the duck. In a wild state, he is a faithful husband.....but… — Isabella Beeton
My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care until it has a chance… — Margaret Bourke-White
Underneath it all, we are wild and we know it. — Reginald Ray
On the subject of wild mushrooms, it is easy to tell who is an expert and who is not: The expert is the one who… — Donal Henahan
Even when we allow our imaginations to run wild on the joys of heaven, we find that our minds are incapable of conceiving what it… — Billy Graham
A heaven so clear, an earth so calm, So sweet, so soft, so hushed an air; And, deepening still the dreamlike charm, Wild moor-sheep feeding… — Emily Bronte

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