"The combative instinct is a savage prompting by……" — George Santayana

More Combative Quotes

This quote is filed under Combative Quotes, one of 16 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action. — Sol Stein
• "Mercy is not in favor in my heavens today," says Vashanka, unforgiving and combative, folding vast arms and spearing Harmony… — Janet Morris
• I don’t think ‘science fiction’ is a very good name for it, but it’s the name that we’ve got. It… — Ursula K. Le Guin
• When you learn conflict-resolution skills in the playroom, you then practice them on the playground, and that in turn stays… — Jeffrey Kluger
• Giving up is not the answer. Neither is giving in. Stand your ground. There is a way of doing that… — Neale Donald Walsch
• All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so… — Bruce Lee
• Civilization - and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses,… — Evelyn Waugh
• People who are combative in one relationship tend to be combative in other relationships. — Amy Dickinson
• Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful. — Arthur Keith
• There are things about ourselves that we need to get rid of; there are things we need to change. But… — Benjamin Hoff
• The arrogant elimination of the Djaouts of our world must nerve us to pursue our own combative doctrine, namely: that… — Wole Soyinka
• Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective. — Gretchen Rubin

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