Human Being Quotes
678 Human Being quotes by 604 unique authors
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Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.
— Robert Downey, Jr.
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The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last…
— Will Durant
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No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of…
— Marguerite Duras
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Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice;…
— Terry Eagleton
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The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a…
— Steve Earle
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A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why,…
— Meister Eckhart
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I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling…
— Marian Wright Edelman
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I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.
— Elizabeth Edwards
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If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you,…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost…
— Queen Elizabeth II
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Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has often known nothing.
— Havelock Ellis
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To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a…
— Gloria Estefan
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I want someone who is open-minded, dedicated to whatever she is doing and isn't afraid to say I love you. As for looks, she shouldn't…
— Kevin Eubanks
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Once I thought that if I just had enough in the bank, if I had enough fame, that it would be all right. But I'm…
— Chris Farley
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Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything…
— Colin Farrell
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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
— M.F.K. Fisher
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To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.
— Jane Fonda
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But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if…
— Conrad Hall
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A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our…
— Christopher Hampton
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I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.
— Herbie Hancock
Who Wrote These Human Being Quotes
604 authors contributed a total of 678 Human Being Quotes, led by these top contributors: