Quotes About Wild

The ocean . . . cold and wild the surf, rushing in to overwhelm the beach, the wind, stinging my cheeks, enveloping me in total freedom.

Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving.

The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World

It's not by accident that the pristine wilderness of our planet disappears as the understanding of our own inner wild nature fades.

In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.

Their [cats] effortless passing between the wild and domestic worlds suggests the kind of grace we need as a species to move between nature and culture.

We would be better off thinking of nature as a tiger than as a docile and compliant automaton that can never threaten our survival.

Nature formed me fierce.

The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery.

There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature's lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.

In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, -- he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me

A male frigate bird blows up a wild red pouch on his neck. He can keep it puffed up for hours. It is his way of impressing the girls.

Of course, accidents will happen in wild-folk families just as among us humans, only in a wild-folk family, an accident is more apt to be fatal.

Nature is impulsive. To be impulsive is to be fully alive.

Thievery is for the civilized. It is what laws protect us from. I am a wild beast of no laws and no society. I want no laws. I want no more civilized things.

That's the trouble with loving a wild thing: You're always left watching the door.But you also get kind of used to it.

It was great to see the owls, " I said.She smiled."Yes. They're wild things, of course. Killers, savages. They're wonderful.

You're talking about gold and silver, cash and securities. I'm talking about the sheer beauty of the land, the value of unpolluted parkland made wild and staying wild forever.

From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.

Philip wooed me with all the patience of someone trying to coax a half-wild animal into the house and, like many a stray, I found myself domesticated before I thought to resist.

But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.

Some of the wildest men make the best pets.