I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood…

I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and…

— Bret Easton Ellis

I believe that one of the characteristics of the human race, possibly the one that is primarily responsible for its course of evolution, is…

— Glenn T. Seaborg

Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap…

— Edward de Bono

I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal…

— Bret Easton Ellis

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics…

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.

— William Godwin

As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from…

— Dalai Lama

“To avoid misunderstanding: the human condition is not the same as human nature, and the sum total of human activities and capabilities which correspond…

— Hannah Arendt

“There is no proof that the groups of mankind differ in their innate mental characteristics or intellectual capacity or that there is any connection…

— Paul A. Offit

“I had all the characteristics of a human being-- flesh, blood, skin, hair-- but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that…

— Bret Easton Ellis

“His fingers wrapped around the smooth metal handle, and he eased the knife from its sweat-patinaed leather sheath and weaved the blade skillfully through…

— Jacqueline Patricks

If you see a river running smoothly, it's because someone has drowned in it, and if it's raging, it means that it's still got…

— Florence Welch

I felt lethal, on the verge of frenzy. My nightly bloodlust overflowed into my days and I had to leave the city. My mask…

— Bret Easton Ellis

'Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who…

— Tracy Letts

“Other folk thought the Rage was simple bloodlust, a berserk savagery that neither knew nor cared what its target was, and so it was…

— David Weber