Wild Quotes

2102 Wild quotes by 1380 unique authors

When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the… — Epictetus
Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal? — Baden Powell de Aquino
I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege… — Sigmund Freud
My first feeling was a wild desire to drive a stake in the sand and claim the place for myself. The beach was white as… — Hunter S. Thompson
For too long, we’ve called unbelievers to “invite Jesus into your life.” Jesus doesn’t want to be in your life. Your life is a wreck.… — Russell D. Moore
The Spaniards are perfectly right to govern these barbarians of the New World and adjacent islands; they are in prudence, ingenuity, virtue, and humanity as… — Juan Gines de Sepulveda
Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having… — John Dingell
Without doubt I praise the wild excellence... — Pablo Neruda
From my experience with wild apples, I can understand that there may be reason for a savage's preferring many kinds of food which the civilized… — Henry David Thoreau
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving… — Alexander Pope
Almost all wild apples are handsome. They cannot be too gnarly and crabbed and rusty to look at. The gnarliest will have some redeeming traits… — Henry David Thoreau
We are also working on the restoration of salmon runs, and we are doing a new process of mass marking with these fish so we… — Norm Dicks
God is a wild man...should you encounter him...hang on for dear life-or let go for dear life is a better way to say it. — Rich Mullins
This Universe is a wild revel of atoms, men, and stars, each one a Soul of Light and Mirth, horsed on Eternity. — Aleister Crowley
Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly. — John Lennon
It is remarkable how many creatures live wild and free though secret in the woods ... — Henry David Thoreau
The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. — Willa Cather
I must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It's a wild call and a clear call that may… — John Masefield
True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One's inner voices become audible... In consequence, one responds more clearly… — Wendell Berry
I need a little language such as lovers use, words of one syllable such as children speak when they come into the room and find… — Virginia Woolf
The vision seemed to enter the house with me-the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient worshippers, the gloom of the forests, the glitter… — Joseph Conrad
The second mode to deal with unsafe cities is to take refuge in vehicles. This is the technique practiced in the big wild-animal reservations of… — Jane Jacobs
There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of… — Mark Twain
There is nothing more delightful than to scoop up a wild joey in your arms and smell the wind and eucalyptus in the coats of… — Stella Reid
A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are… — Aesop

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