“I know enough about human nature to know that people generally prefer to find the most corrupt way of doing things possible,… — Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones Ascent Copy Share Image
“It’s okay if you want to bitch me out, you know. You don’t always have to be so understanding.” I shrug. “I’m… — J.T. Geissinger Copy Share Image
None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind; witness what's going on in the world in this moment,… — Morris West Copy Share Image
“On the whole, all people are good, or at least they're normal. The frightening thing is that they can suddenly turn bad… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
God is the only being we should trust in because of how inconsistent we are, so unpredictable that everything we are connected… — Carlos A Copy Share Image
The richness and variety, and indeed the advance, of our culture depend upon the continuation of this conflict [between conservatives and radicals],… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men's blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or… — John Locke Copy Share Image
When one travels around the world, one notices to what an extraordinary degree human nature is the same, whether in India or… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“From the earliest days of Unitarianism and Universalism, these traditions have advocated for the compatibility of science and religion. Both traditions encourage… — Mark W. Harris Copy Share Image
The important distinction so well understood in America between a constitution established by the people, and unalterable by the government; and a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, butit is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a thing… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
I have long been settled in my own opinion that neither Philosophy, nor Religion, nor Morality, nor Wisdom, nor Interest, will ever… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as animals. We are animals, after all. Homo sapiens… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
I believe in art that is connected to real human feeling, that extends itself beyond the limits of the art world to… — Judy Chicago Copy Share Image
Life does not always give us favoritism even though we deserve it. We can't change who raise us, we can't change the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...I am discovering that it is truly a mistake--it may even be a moral wrong, in fact--to judge. Truth is too complex,… — Melissa Pritchard Copy Share Image
“The facts are that an essential difference exists between man and beast. Human nature is sui generis; it has its own character… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
Surely it isn't illegal here to complain about young people these days? How cruel. I had thought it a basic part of… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of… — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“within rigidly circumscribed guidelines. All powers not specifically granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the people. The… — Mark Meckler Copy Share Image
Human nature, essentially changeable, as unstable as the dust, can endure no restraint; if it binds itself it soon begins to tear… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If any of us were faced with a huge bag of free money and very little accountability, it would be human nature… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I think actual death will be a lot easier than dying on stage. Cause - you know - if you do [actual… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Love begins with the stage of subconscious primitive lust and attraction. I’m saying primitive because at this very early stage there is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
“Please look at the imperfect human being God gave to love you once, and try to like me a little for what… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman whos broken, put… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
It seems to be almost a law of human nature that it is easier for people to agree on a negative program… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Being selfish is part of human nature but don't allow it to push those you love away. Remember sharing is caring, everything… — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
Human beings can attain a worthy and harmonious life only if they are able to rid themselves, within the limits of human… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“But you have to admit it is human nature to only really appreciate something if you’ve worked for it, or if you… — Josephine Angelini Copy Share Image
Those who would extirpate evil from the world know little of human nature. As well might punch be palatable without souring as… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
It is not human nature which can assign the variable limits necessary to our needs. They are thus unlimited so far as… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
“As if we didn't have enough weapons already. But that's human nature, we've always got to go one better, to increase the… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Nor is any evidence to be found, either in History or Human Nature, that nations are to be bribed out of a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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