Wild Quotes

2102 Wild quotes by 1380 unique authors

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. — Henry Van Dyke
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no… — Chogyam Trungpa
Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
A war, or any wild-goose chase, is, as the vulgar use the phrase, a lucky turn-up of patronage for the minister, whose chief merit is… — Mary Wollstonecraft
The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together, in… — Theodore Hesburgh
The use of literature is to afford us a platform whence we may command a view of our present life, a purchase by which we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
""Dear girl," continued Bob advancing with an imbecile grin upon his countenance, which he imagined no doubt to be a seductive smile, "fly with me!… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. — Edward Abbey
The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in a… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Birds rising in flight is a sign that the enemy is lying in ambush; when the wild animals are startled and flee he is trying… — Sun Tzu
Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves! — Unknown Author
I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I… — Sam Snead
I used to have a wild night with three women until 5am., but I am getting older. In the Olympic village here, I will live… — Alberto Tomba
October, here's to you. Here's to the heady aroma of the frost-kissed apples, the winey smell of ripened grapes, the wild-as-the-wind smell of hickory nuts… — Ken Weber
Cournoyer has it on that wing. Here's a shot - Henderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Here's another shot! Right in front… — Unknown Author
We are always talking about being together, and yet whatever we invent destroys the family, and makes us wild, touchless beasts feeding on technicolor prairies… — Edward Dahlberg
The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't escape any of… — Pema Chodron
Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards… — John Keats
O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire. — Robert Browning
The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young 'sow wild oats'; but when old, grow sage. — Henry James Byron
Most fans go wild when they see a goalie make what looks like a great save, but the chances are what they are seeing is… — Mike Richter
Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way. — William Shakespeare
Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and madness of desire - oh, no - love is not that! It… — Henry Van Dyke
It's been a wild ride. I hope people can appreciate how special it is to see the people that ran well today; how special and… — Alan Webb
My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave vessel is dashed… — William Shakespeare

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