There is no iron that can enter the human heart with such stupefying effect, as a period placed at just the right… — Isaac Babel Copy Share Image
There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Ich glaube sogar, durch Leidensk a« mpfe k o« nnten dieTiere zu Menschen werden. I believe that by suffering even animals could… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Maybe we're the fools, for thinking we know things. Maybe humans are the only ones who can deal with the fact that… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
When I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature. — Marie Bashkirtseff Copy Share Image
At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Racism is a form of insanity. Human beings became racist when they started talking. Speech has a lot to do with it. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Understand now, I'm purely a fiction writer and do not profess to be an earnest student of political science, but I believe… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
No one likes the fellow who is all rogue, but we'll forgive him almost anything if there is warmth of human sympathy… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I… — Mae Whitman Copy Share Image
I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed. I had decided that I would have to know… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
If you think humans are meat-eaters then try eating the animal raw like every other meat-eater on the planet. If something is… — David Wolfe Copy Share Image
Life is all about evolution. What looks like a mistake to others has been a milestone in my life. Even if people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Humans who see something different than them want to hate it and tear it down. Britain had a government policy that allowed… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unity-a unity of purpose and endeavour-the single torch passing from hand to hand… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
“What if the preacher or father’s saying ‘Someone here’s lost and hopeless’ was tantamount to those Sun-Times horoscopes that are specially designed… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Many things that human words have upset are set at rest again by the silence of animals. Animals move through the world… — Max Picard Copy Share Image
In every human being one or the other of these two instincts is predominant: the active or positive instinct to offer hospitality,… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
