Primitive Quotes

If you mean whose side one should be on, Israel or the Arabs, I would certainly say Israel because it’s the advanced, technological, civilized country amidst a group of almost totally primitive savages who have not changed for years and who are racist and who resent Israel because it’s bringing industry, intelligence, and modern technology into their stagnation..

War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.

Turk: Anyone behaving as a barbarian or savage.

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

The impulse to ask questions is among the more primitive human lusts.

What I need is a lawyer who specializes in the law of the jungle.

War is the business of barbarians.

A very ancient and fish-like smell.

His body rigid with terror as he waited for the savages to something horrible to him—bash his head with clubs, or stab him with spears, or… …or tap him on the shoulder.

I am a beast!

War,--the trade of barbarians!

I don't think we really gave barbarism a fair try.

Mythologies are violent things, and to be true to them, you have to go to primal territory.

Beyond [known peoples of black West Africa] to the south there is no civilization in the proper sense. There are only humans who are closer to dumb animals than to rational beings. They live in thickets and caves, and eat herbs and unprepared grain. They frequently eat each other. They cannot be considered human beings.

This is the fear that made fish crawl out onto dry land and evolve lungs, the fear that teaches us to run, the fear that makes us bury our dead.

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.

Generally the aesthetics of broadcast journalism seem to me to be incredibly primitive.

Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

The Dionysian is no picnic.

We are not primitive. We live differently to you, but we do not live exactly like our grandparents did, nor do you. Were your ancestors 'primitive'? I don't think so. We respect our ancestors. We love our children. This is the same for all people. We are not primitive. We live differently to you, but we do not live exactly like our grandparents did, nor do you. Were your ancestors 'primitive'? I don't think so. We respect our ancestors. We love our children. This is the same for all people.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

Discovery is adventure. There is an eagerness, touched at times with tenseness, as man moves ahead into the unknown. Walking the wilderness is indeed like living. The horizon drops away, bringing new sights, sounds, and smells from the earth. When one moves through the forests, his sense of discovery is quickened. Man is back in the environment from which he emerged to build factories, churches, and schools. He is primitive again, matching his wits against the earth and sky. He is free of the restraints of society and free of its safeguards too.

At our most primitive we are storytellers and dancers.

When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.

It's a primitive thing, kings and queens.