--- title: "16 Theory Human Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Theory Human quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Theory Human sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/cory-doctorow-1928_action_i-think-that-utopia-is-a-theory-of-human_2191384.png" --- > [I think that Utopia is a theory of human action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/i-think-that-utopia-is-a-theory-of-human-action/) [Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/cory-doctorow-1928_action_i-think-that-utopia-is-a-theory-of-human_2191384.png) > [Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-mencken/morality-the-theory-that-every-human-act-must-either-be-right-or/) [Henry Louis Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/henry-louis-mencken-15675_character_morality-the-theory-that-every-human-act_203250.jpg) > [This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/this-did-not-annoy-amanda-for-it-had-long-been-her-theory-that-human/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/tom-robbins-169_amanda_this-did-not-annoy-amanda-for-it-had-lon_1993570.jpg) > [I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/i-have-a-theory-about-the-human-mind-a-brain-is-a-lot-like-a-computer/) [Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/erma-bombeck-780_blow_i-have-a-theory-about-the-human-mind-a-b_2989908.png) > [“It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/it-is-our-duty-to-select-the-best-and-most-dependable-theory-that/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/plato-103_dependable_it-is-our-duty-to-select-the-best-and-mo_303901.jpg) > [I've a long running theory that almost every human emotion, social situation and dilemma has been covered at one stage in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-dent/i-ve-a-long-running-theory-that-almost-every-human-emotion-social/) [Grace Dent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-dent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/grace-dent-5550_friends_i-ve-a-long-running-theory-that-almost-e_2604306.jpg) > [“Everyone has a theory of human nature. Everyone has to anticipate the behavior of others, and that means we all need theories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/everyone-has-a-theory-of-human-nature-everyone-has-to-anticipate-the/) [Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/steven-pinker-526_habits_everyone-has-a-theory-of-human-nature-ev_1365466.jpg) > [No one seriously doubts that if Piraha children are brought up in Boston they'll be speaking Boston English, that is, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/no-one-seriously-doubts-that-if-piraha-children-are-brought-up-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/noam-chomsky-42_animal_no-one-seriously-doubts-that-if-piraha-c_2720194.jpg) > [“That is the theory; hold to the theory and to the comforts of theory. Not human evil, just a vast circulatory system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-coetzee/that-is-the-theory-hold-to-the-theory-and-to-the-comforts-of-theory/) [J.M. Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-coetzee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/j-m-coetzee-2457_circulatory-system_that-is-the-theory-hold-to-the-theory-an_637720.png) > [I'm afraid Dr. Mondrick chose an unfortunate publicity device. After all, the theory of human evolution is no longer front page news.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-williamson/i-m-afraid-dr-mondrick-chose-an-unfortunate-publicity-device-after/) [Jack Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/jack-williamson-33114_details_i-m-afraid-dr-mondrick-chose-an-unfortun_1652100.png) > [There's this really awesome theory of human motivation - that human beings all want three things. One is to be competent, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-duckworth/there-s-this-really-awesome-theory-of-human-motivation-that-human/) [Angela Duckworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-duckworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/angela-duckworth-2560_awesome_there-s-this-really-awesome-theory-of-hu_3211462.jpg) > [“The celebrated Parisian doctor Professor Xavier Bichat developed a fully materialist theory of the human body and mind in his lectures Physiological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-holmes/the-celebrated-parisian-doctor-professor-xavier-bichat-developed-a/) [Richard Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-holmes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/richard-holmes-50818_human-body_the-celebrated-parisian-doctor-professor_291057.jpg) > [“Richard Dawkins and his followers have recycled the theory of evolution not as a biological theory but as a theory of everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/richard-dawkins-and-his-followers-have-recycled-the-theory-of/) [Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/roger-scruton-971_biology_richard-dawkins-and-his-followers-have-r_290936.jpg) > [We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the workings of genius itself, which, in all times, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/we-have-our-little-theory-on-all-human-and-divine-things-poetry-the/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/thomas-carlyle-207_all-time_we-have-our-little-theory-on-all-human-a_1392595.png) > [“A risk to own anything: a car, a pair of shoes, a packet of cigarettes. Not enough to go around, not enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/a-risk-to-own-anything-a-car-a-pair-of-shoes-a-packet-of-cigarettes/) [JM Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jm-coetzee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/jm-coetzee-47146_life_a-risk-to-own-anything-a-car-a-pair-of-s_1354696.jpg) > [It is worth repeating at this point the theories that Ford had come up with, on his first encounter with human beings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/it-is-worth-repeating-at-this-point-the-theories-that-ford-had-come/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/douglas-adams-122_accounts_it-is-worth-repeating-at-this-point-the_2699792.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theory-human/#itemlist", "name": "Theory Human Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that Utopia is a theory of human action.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cory Doctorow" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/i-think-that-utopia-is-a-theory-of-human-action/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/cory-doctorow-1928_action_i-think-that-utopia-is-a-theory-of-human_2191384.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/cory-doctorow-1928_action_i-think-that-utopia-is-a-theory-of-human_2191384.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/cory-doctorow-1928_action_i-think-that-utopia-is-a-theory-of-human_2191384.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think that Utopia is a theory of human action.” — Cory Doctorow", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Louis Mencken" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-mencken/morality-the-theory-that-every-human-act-must-either-be-right-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/henry-louis-mencken-15675_character_morality-the-theory-that-every-human-act_203250.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/henry-louis-mencken-15675_character_morality-the-theory-that-every-human-act_203250.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/henry-louis-mencken-15675_character_morality-the-theory-that-every-human-act_203250.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong” — Henry Louis Mencken", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Robbins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/this-did-not-annoy-amanda-for-it-had-long-been-her-theory-that-human/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/tom-robbins-169_amanda_this-did-not-annoy-amanda-for-it-had-lon_1993570.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/tom-robbins-169_amanda_this-did-not-annoy-amanda-for-it-had-lon_1993570.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/tom-robbins-169_amanda_this-did-not-annoy-amanda-for-it-had-lon_1993570.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a…” — Tom Robbins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have a theory about the human mind. 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