--- title: "1 Think Humanity Quotes By Kage Baker" description: "1 Think Humanity quotes by Kage Baker. Plus more from Kage Baker and more Think Humanity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/kage-baker-15258_ancestor_i-don-t-think-humanity-just-replays-hist_2527729.jpg" --- > [I don't think humanity just replays history, but we are the same people our ancestors were, and our descendants are going to face a lot of the same situations we do. It's instructive to imagine how they would react, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/i-don-t-think-humanity-just-replays-history-but-we-are-the-same/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/kage-baker-15258_ancestor_i-don-t-think-humanity-just-replays-hist_2527729.jpg) ## More by Kage Baker > [For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/for-all-its-flaws-the-hands-of-orlac-really-is-a-seminal-film-and-if/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [“The leaf that spreads in the sunlight is the only holiness there is. I haven’t found holiness in the faiths of mortals, nor in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/the-leaf-that-spreads-in-the-sunlight-is-the-only-holiness-there-is-i/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [“A lengthy and painful discussion followed. It lasted through tea and dinner. It was revealed to Lady Beatrice that, though she had been sincerely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/a-lengthy-and-painful-discussion-followed-it-lasted-through-tea-and/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [“Don't imagine she trembles over the dissecting table either, Smith. She has nerves of ice. Real Good can be as ruthless as Evil when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/don-t-imagine-she-trembles-over-the-dissecting-table-either-smith-she/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/a-generation-before-it-had-been-sagebrush-and-coyotes-a-generation/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [Funny thing about those Middle Ages, said Joseph. "They just keep coming back. Mortals keep thinking they're in Modern Times, you know, they get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/funny-thing-about-those-middle-ages-said-joseph-they-just-keep-coming/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/in-1916-universal-studios-released-the-first-filmed-adaptation-of/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [Despite what you hear about the publishing industry being a fixed game that you can only get in if you know somebody, I'm here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/despite-what-you-hear-about-the-publishing-industry-being-a-fixed/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [So vast is the shadow cast by the MGM production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' so indelible are its characterizations, so perfect its music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/so-vast-is-the-shadow-cast-by-the-mgm-production-of-the-wizard-of-oz/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [“Boy, you're good at figuring things out. Isn't he? Except that if anybody's the devil in this room it's \_you\_, buster." An extraordinary bitterness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/boy-you-re-good-at-figuring-things-out-isn-t-he-except-that-if/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I hope you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/if-you-want-to-see-what-stage-comedians-did-to-get-laffs-a-century/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/i-may-cut-my-coat-to-follow-fashion-sir-but-not-my-conscience/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [Besides, we weren't made to battle villains, because there weren't any. No nation, creed, or race was any better or worse than another; all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/besides-we-weren-t-made-to-battle-villains-because-there-weren-t-any/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [The leaf that spreads in the light is the only holiness there is. I haven't found holiness in the faiths of mortals, or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/the-leaf-that-spreads-in-the-light-is-the-only-holiness-there-is-i/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) > [“People like these have done more to relieve human misery than any prophet with a manifesto ever will. They number in the millions, these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/people-like-these-have-done-more-to-relieve-human-misery-than-any/) [Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-humanity/kage-baker/#itemlist", "name": "1 Think Humanity Quotes By Kage Baker", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think humanity just replays history, but we are the same people our ancestors were, and our descendants are going to face a lot of the same situations we do. It's instructive to imagine how they would react, with different technologies on different worlds. 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