Humans Quotes
20546 Humans quotes by 7441 unique authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sports is human life in microcosm.
— Howard Cosell
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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
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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
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Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's.
— Grantland Rice
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Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.
— Abba Eban
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes.
— Viktor E. Frankl
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War is a great destroyer. And human history has arrived at a pivotal moment. We can choose a path built on cooperation, where our caring…
— Unknown Author
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There is enough for everyone to have what they need without exploitation. Adequate distribution of resources, including education, without violence can lead to a sustainable…
— Unknown Author
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War is a barbaric tool of the war profiteers and Empires who employ them. War pits young people from the working class against other similarly…
— Cindy Sheehan
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In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security…
— Albert Einstein
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It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity opens a field of infinite…
— Winston Churchill
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May there not be methods of using explosive energy incomparably more intense than anything heretofore discovered? Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange…
— Winston Churchill
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