Civilization Quote by Henry David Thoreau

There are nutters across every political and religious spectrum; it goes without saying.

— Douglas Murray

It's not nice to be called a nutter, because it dismisses the input I've had into my own destiny over the years.

— Roisin Murphy

A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd.

— Jean de la Bruyere

There you have it: our lives in a nutshell. Emphasis on nut.

— James Patterson

Every wheatfield of human thought after a while becomes filled with cockle; then the husbandmen destroy the grain with the cockle and plant anew.

— Austin O'Malley

I hope we shall prove how much happier for man the Quaker policy is, and that the life of the feeder is better than…

— Thomas Jefferson

Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Turn pimp, flatterer, quack, lawyer, parson, be chaplain to an atheist, or stallion to an old woman, anything but a poet; for a poet…

— William Congreve

“I am a misanthrope, but exceedingly benevolent; I am very cranky, and am a super-idealist. ... I can digest philosophy better than food.”

— Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Nutmegs, for me, are a beautiful thing to do. They're beautiful to watch. In fact, even when I get nutmegged myself I find that…

— Javier Pastore

Everybody prefers to see a nut - they're more fascinating.

— Penn Jillette