Morals are nothing but a civilized society’s attempt to tame some beast called man.
– Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Related Quotes:
- The more civilized people are, the more honorable working hard is to them. As a result, the more civilized we get, the less we live. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Using money in one’s attempt to put an end to poverty is like using a border in one’s attempt to put an end to xenophobia. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- A ‘black’ man who draws a ‘black’ person with big lips is called observant. A ‘white’ man who does the same is called a racist. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- The civilized man is technologically ahead of -” intellectually behind -” his time. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs. – George RR Martin
- The earth is not supposed to be developed and civilized by prayers alone, the earth is supposed to be civilized by hard work, labour and diligence. – Sunday Adelaja
- There is no need to corrupt people’s morals. Their morals have been corrupting them for years. – Marty Rubin
- Without your own inner beast tamed ye can never tame the wild ones around ye! – Jennifer Silverwood
- Sometimes writing is like playing with fire-¦ like trying to tame an uncontrollable beast. – AD Posey
- One reason we never tame the busy this beast is that we are unwilling to kill anything. – Kevin DeYoung
- Primary purposes of a mirror: (1) To help civilized men realize their imperfections, and, (2) To help the imperfect hide their imperfections. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- A -˜white’ kid that asks too many questions is called *curious.* A -˜black’ kid that asks too many questions is called *forward.* – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- An education system is best belittled when the so-called educated gets hired by a company that’s owned by a so-called dropout. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- School is a factory where the raw material called student is turned into a product called employee. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Schooling is a manufacturing process whereby the raw material called curious boys is turned into products called obedient men. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Huge biceps are an unattractive-uneducated-underpaid man’s last attempt to be seen as worthy of dating, or, sleeping with. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- A straight face is an ignorant man’s attempt to appear knowledgeable. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Air freshener is man’s pitiful attempt to have his food smell as good, after digestion, as they did, before ingestion. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Certainly no beast has essayed the boundless, infinitely inventive art of human hatred. No beast can match its range and power. – Arundhati Roy
- The present is an eternal attempt to separate the past from the future. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Eating a salad (in public) is an overweight person’s attempt to appear in control. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one’s emotions’ attempt to contaminate one’s opinions. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Sleeping is the most common attempt to temporarily escape reality. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- A face-lift is a woman’s attempt to lower the odds of the next person accurately guessing her age. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- A man cannot really be called (sexually) confident if he has never bought his woman a vibrator. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Work is a vehicle with which man chases some fleeting destination called a full tummy. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Women will buy products in an attempt to become the impossible goal. Men will buy products in an attempt to mate with the impossible goal. – David McRaney
- Don’t live your life like an attempt, because if you fail there is no second attempt. – Amit Kalantri
- The conscious attempt to be a good person without Christ is as legalistic as an attempt to make it into Heaven through empty religiosity. – Criss Jami
- Not To Attempt To Control Sinful Behavior Is To Attempt Godly Principles – Sunday Adelaja
- Whilst lovers: to control her man, a woman uses (the man’s access to) her ??????. When ex-lovers: she uses (the man’s access to) their kids. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- If this is called civilization, then I am afraid humanity is no more civilized than the Tyrannosaurus Rex. – Abhijit Naskar
- Perhaps the so-called civilized world was a great noisy burden beneath all its wonders, and it was a relief to let go of it for a while. – Dani Harper
- No matter how developed it is, a country which does not protects its own wild life can never be called as a civilized country! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- Being called -˜love’ or -˜my love’ by someone doesn’t necessarily mean that you are loved or even liked by them. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Whoever that came up with the idea of people having to have ‘a dream’ sure knew how to keep these creatures called human beings preoccupied. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- A phone call should be a convenience to the caller, not an inconvenience to the called. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- God, no. I don’t want to tame her, I want to watch her. I just want to watch her be herself -“ it turns me on like nothing else. – Dianna Hardy