Captivity Quote by Willa Cather Download Open image “The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity.” — Willa Cather ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Captivity Inspirational Voice Wild things
Admit it, you have that one voice that you only use on animals and babies. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the mistakes I made was thinking chickens and penguins could sing, just like all the other animals in the 'Muppets.' But it… — Bret McKenzie Copy Share Image
If you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A voice that was never wanted has become a voice for so many people who don’t have one. — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
It's extremely important that, as writers, we give a voice to those who don't have voices, including the other animals that we share the… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“I only knew the schoolbooks said he "died in the wilderness, of a broken heart." "More than him has done that," said Antonia sadly,… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“Have the last word ma'm," he said cheerfully. "It's a lady's privilege.” — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
"More than him has done that," said Antonia sadly, and the girls murmured assent. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Nothing mattered ... but writing books, and living the kind of life that made it possible to write them. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“Money and office and success are the consolations of impotence. Fortune turns kind to such solid people and lets them suck their bone in… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
But she still had that something which fires the imagination, could still stop one's breath for a moment by a look or gesture that… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“You remember how homesick I used to get, and what long talks we used to have coming from school? We've someway always felt alike… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“He placed this book in my grandmother's hands, looked at her entreatingly, and said, with an earnestness which I shall never forget, "Te-e-ach, te-e-ach… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
When a captive lion steps out of his cage, he comes into a wider world than the lion who has known only the wilds.… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Release your majestic mind, embrace your untamed inner spirit. Break free from captivity, avoid society.. You were born to be free. — Melanie Muller Copy Share Image
“From the pavement, I could see the window of Albertine’s room, that window, formerly quite black, at night, when she was not staying in… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they 'educate' people about animals should not be taken seriously. Such enterprises are… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
The less control people had over their work, the higher their blood pressure during work hours. Moreover, blood pressure at home was unrelated to… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
We get into captivity because of our foolishness and we are more foolish that we want to admit. — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
We can laugh from either joy or happiness, but we weep only from grief or joy...Without the pain of farewell, there is no joy… — George Vaillant Copy Share Image
The whole idea of being in captivity in such limited space, especially in a zoo, causes elephants to suffer. They develop all kinds of… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar [ from the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image