Quotes of: Human-progress Keyword

... and it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.

The Fault in Our Stars

As long as human beings speak different languages, the need for translation will continue.

Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

When you become a Christian, you are not on earth to fight for Jesus; God needed only one battle to redeem the souls of humanity. It was the cross.

God's Blueprint of the Holy Bible

The human digestive tract is like the Amtrak line from Seattle to Los Angeles: transit time is about thirty hours, and the scenery on the last leg is pretty monotonous.

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

The God Delusion

Even the worst humans in the history of the world didn’t grow up thinking, "I hope I slaughter an entire race of people when I’m an adult".

The Great Deceiver

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Outside, he had a sudden feeling that at moments there was too much light for human eyes. It caused men to feel weak and befuddled.

The Goblins of Eros

You're saying,' he said, weighing each word, 'that we should send Carrot away to be a duck among humans because Bjorn Stronginthearm is my uncle.

Guards! Guards!

I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.

The Great Gatsby

Are you some kind of mutant human? Like a fire user? And I use mutant as a compliment, you know. I wouldn’t think less of you.

The Golden Lily

The hope of the future lies not in curbing the influence of human occupancy – it is already too late for that – but in creating a better understanding of the extent of that influence and a new ethic for its governance.

Game Management

We're all so afraid of what everyone around us thinks that we risk ourselves to desperation. It's utterly stupid. It's utterly frightening. But it's utterly human.

Greed

The simple truth is that technology is still a poor substitute for human interaction.

Hooked on Customers: The Five Habits of Legendary Customer-Centric Companies

A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension... A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a way of reaching a profound truth.

Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment

But I should not have to explain to you how important it is for science and simplicity to coexist. One must not fear to be a little child again, when times of wonder are at hand.

Human for a Day

There are no mirrors of any kind in here. If there were, I’d want to smash them, but I wouldn’t. Instead, I’d probably just stare at them, giving myself negative affirmations.

Human Detritus

Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.

Howards End

There is adventure in finding compelling stories and exploring complex issues in challenging environments, but there is also a responsibility to tell those stories accurately and objectively.

Human Geography: People and the Environment

People tend to spend so much time focusing on what they feel they can't do, rather examining the true potential of what they can.

Human Resources for the Heart, the Soul, and the FunnyBone

One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy