Humans Quotes · Page 403

We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.

— George Washington

...poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone.

— Muhammad Yunus

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

— Joichi Ito

I do believe that our climate is changing. I don't agree that all the changes are necessarily due solely to human activity.

— Lisa Murkowski

Every attempt to explain human behavior, especially the irrational, must as a matter of course end in simplification.

— Morton Irving Seiden

I've traveled more this year than any other living human being, and if I'd traveled any more I wouldn't be living.

— Walter F. Mondale

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.

— Zicheng Hong

According to the Dominant Western tradition, the natural world exists for the benefit of human beings.

— Peter Singer

Many species reciprocate, but only humans gossip, and much of what we gossip about is the vale of other people as partners…

— Jonathan Haidt

George W.Bush can go and kill thousands of Iraqis every day. By making people believe they are the enemy, and not human…

— Marjane Satrapi

Like all creatures, humans have made their way in the world by trial and error. Unlike other creatures we have a presence…

— Ronald Wright

The noble caste was in the beginning always the barbarian caste: their superiority lay, not in their physical strength, but primarily in…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech…

— Liu Xiaobo

Because dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some…

— Henry Cloud

Progress is not an accident, not a thing within human control, but a beneficent necessity ... due to the working of a…

— Herbert Spencer

Allow humans to be themselves and celebrate that selfness. Love the metaphoric mind and respect the rational. Nurture Motivation. Consider any attempt…

— Bob Samples

But nature - that is, biological evolution - has not fitted man to any specific environment. On the contrary, ... he has…

— Jacob Bronowski

If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask…

— David Sobel

The act of sending a letter is an act of generosity, even if, in retrospect, it might seem reckless. Why regret one's…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human…

— Rod Serling

By 'nationalism' I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole…

— George Orwell

I had always had a little problem looking out for myself in love. I was afraid people would leave me. So I…

— Deb Caletti

If I can, by a lucky chance, in these uneasy days, rub out one wrinkle from the brow of care, or beguile…

— Washington Irving

Cultures have long heard wisdom in non-human voices: Apollo, god of music, medicine and knowledge, came to Delphi in the form of…

— Jay Griffiths

Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.

— Elbert Hubbard

I do not believe that any human being is fundamentally happier for being finally lost in a crowd, even if it is…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.

— Sam Harris

You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly…

— Evelyn Waugh

I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.

— Ken Livingstone

Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.

— Carl Sagan

What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.

— Asia Argento

The eternal sound of the sea on every side has a tendency to wear away the edge of human thought and perception.

— Celia Thaxter

Gratitude is the richest, most joyful feeling humans are privileged to experience.

— Susan Wittig Albert

Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore.

— Oscar Wilde

We are in the twilight of this earth. The societies and civilizations of human beings will not endure much longer because of…

— Frederick Lenz

Human rights are universally valid and indivisible, regardless of culture and religion.

— Alice Schwarzer

The great human problem of evil stems from the illusion of separateness. Whenever this illusion is overcome, we behave lovingly to one…

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

Any teacher can study books, but books do not necessarily bring wisdom, nor that human insight essential to consummate teaching skills.

— Bliss Perry

The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to…

— Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

We believe in healthy, hearty laughter -- at the expense of the whole human race, if needs be. Needs be.

— H. Allen Smith