Human Quotes

22022 quotes by 8110 authors

Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men for… — Christopher Hitchens
It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts of… — Galen Strawson
The continually progressive change to which the meaning of words is subject, the want of a universal language which renders translation necessary, the errors to… — Thomas Paine
Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species - back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire… — Carl Sagan
The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to… — Immanuel Kant
The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that we may be… — C.S. Lewis
The human qualities of the raw materials show through. Naivety, error, contradiction, even (as in the cursing Psalms) wickedness are not removed. The total result… — C.S. Lewis
Sports is human life in microcosm. — Howard Cosell
Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life… — William Alcott
I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body,… — Alexander Shulgin
Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's. — Grantland Rice
Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort. — Abba Eban
Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that it… — Joseph Epstein
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and… — Albert Einstein
I'm attracted to the extreme light and the extreme dark. I'm interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I'm interested in the… — Johnny Depp
Science has now confirmed what philosophers, mystics, and other intuitive people have long declared: every human being has been literally "engineered for success" by his… — Maxwell Maltz
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. — John C. Bogle
The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more… — Alan Watts
Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in… — Christopher Columbus
The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes. — Viktor E. Frankl

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