Humans Quotes · Page 276

I think seeking perfection in human affairs is a perfect way to destroy them.

— Jaron Lanier

Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or…

— David Suzuki

The epitome of the human realm is to be stuck in a huge traffic jam of discursive thought.

— Chogyam Trungpa

Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

— Colin Baker

If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born myself...a human being.

— Pearl S. Buck

The greatest obstacle to love is fear. It has been the source of all defects in human behavior throughout the ages.

— Mahmoud Mohammed Taha

The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart

— Anonymous

I don't expect the human race to progress in too many areas. However, having a child with an ear infection makes one…

— David Bowie

You may think that's funny Osama but you never can squeeze every last bit of pride out of a human being. It's…

— Chris Cleave

My first priority is my family. I am human. But my whole family knows what my priority is. Family is always first.…

— Lil Wayne

We are unique, each human voice, not because we are completely self-generated, but because of who we choose to assemble the countless…

— Renee Fleming

As I developed as an artist and studied art history, I noticed that all the great works were dealing with the human…

— Eric Drooker

“If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the…

— Jonas Salk

Dr. Benjamin Carson is one of the finest, most accomplished human beings on this planet who has done more for people than…

— Rush Limbaugh

In science, law is not a rule imposed from without, but an expression of an intrinsic process. The laws of the lawgiver…

— Clifford Allbutt

Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Tshikona is lwa-ha-masia-khali-i-tshi-vhila, "the time when people rush to the scene of the dance and leave their pots to boil over." Tshikona…

— John Blacking

If you want to "get in touch with your feelings," fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to…

— William Safire

The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found…

— Charles Dickens

All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused…

— Barack Obama

How many people on Earth serve people? And how many people on Earth serve the Earth? The difference in the numbers must…

— Robert Muller

The technologies that will be most successful will resonate with human behaviour instead of working against it. In fact, to solve the…

— John Seely Brown

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and…

— Hermann Hesse

There are two parts to the human dilemma. One is the belief that the end justifies the means. That push-button philosophy, that…

— Jacob Bronowski

I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood - human blood.

— J. Reuben Clark

The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.

— W. Somerset Maugham

but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.

— John Irving

I think what creates a winner is a person who can connect with their partner - another human being.. connect with their…

— Patrick Swayze

Perhaps that is our doom, our human curse, to never really know one another.

— Rick Yancey

The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day

— Anonymous

History is no easy science; its subject, human society, is inifinitely complex.

— Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges

Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.

— Edward de Bono

“Few moments are so special that they should be recognized by special expressions.”

— Amit Kalantri

There is nothing more startling in human relations that the strong emotion of weak people.

— Mary Augusta Ward

The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.

— Ellie Goulding

Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all…

— Brian Tracy

Imaginative truth is the most immediate way of presenting ultimate reality to a human being... ultimate reality is what we call God.

— R. S. Thomas

To us the family is the cornerstone of civilization and must ever be. It is the foundation of proper human relationships.

— Mark E. Petersen

The human brain is by far the most complex physical object known to us in the entire cosmos.

— Owen Gingerich

All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions.

— Marc Bekoff