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The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.

Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq. That's why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy 'savages.' There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there.

We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

I have learned in fashion to be a little savage.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.