Quotes of: Human-species Keyword

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.

Sallust

Language is a window into human nature, but it is also a fistula, an open wound through which we're exposed to an infectious world.

Steven Pinker

I do think that there is such a thing as human nature, and that the things that we have in common are perhaps greater than the things that divide us.

Salman Rushdie

Communism brought out the worst in human nature and crippled people's ability or ambition to participate in a market economy.

Thomas Woods

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.

Walter Bagehot

The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?

Robert Casey

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

Thomas Love Peacock

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society.

Ani DiFranco

If you don't deal with your shadows, you are condemned to repeat the same mistake over and over, as a human being or as a society.

Denis Villeneuve

You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.

Shakuntala Devi

Stop relying only on technology. Technology can help the qualified, well-trained human being but cannot replace him.

Isaac Yeffet

I love comedy, but I actually do prefer drama because I am already animated as a human being.

Shanola Hampton

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language.

Will Oldham

My mom is in her mid-60s and has more energy and is more youthful than any human being I know. It's pretty incredible.

Oliver Hudson

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.

Marisa Tomei

There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point.

Ty Burrell

I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter.

Shailene Woodley

It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms.

Zooey Deschanel

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.

Albert A. Bartlett