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Quotes About Human

Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.
~ E. B. White
At street corners, where walls join, I thought I could see some familiar features, like outlines of human faces, the shadows of cheekbones and eyebrows. They are really there, caught in stone for all time, along with the marks left by earthquakes, winters and scourges wrought by men.
~ Ismail Kadare
Najbednija i najtragi?nija od svih ?ovekovih slabosti nesumnjivo je njegova potpuna nesposobnost predvi?anja, koja je u oštroj protivnosti sa tolikim njegovim darovima, veštinama i znanjima.
~ Ivo Andri?
Anthropogenic": What agenda allows us to put "human influence" (greenhouse gases, aerosols, emissions) to the fore and celestial mechanics (and Mother Nature) to the rear?
~ J. Douglas Kenyon
Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human faculties. Very different is the Christian ideal. Paganism is optimistic with regard to unaided human nature, whereas Christianity is the religion of the broken heart.
~ J. Gresham Machen
Seeking happiness is as much a part of being human as having a soul.
~ J. Thomas
People often do the incomprehensible. It's what makes them so fascinating.
~ J.D. Robb
Housewarming presents aren't usually human beings. We can have a debate on whether or not Summerset's human, but either way, I'll make an exception.
~ J.D. Robb
I mean, when certain beliefs and traditions survive for centuries, there's a reason for it." "Sure there is, human beings are, and always have been, gullible. And there are, and always have been, individuals who know how to exploit that gullibility.
~ J.D. Robb
Thoughts, ideas, music, desires, poetry, anger, hate. People speak of the heart, Lieutenant, but it's the brain that holds all the magic and mystery of the human species. It elevates us, separates us, defines us as individuals. And the secrets of it—well, it's doubtful we'll ever know them all.
~ J.D. Robb
People were a hazard to the damn human race.
~ J.D. Robb
Thoughts, ideas, music, desires, poetry, anger, hate. People speak of the heart, Lieutenant, but it's the brain that holds all the magic and mystery of the human species. It elevates us, separates us, defines us as individuals. And the secrets of it—well, it's doubtful we'll ever know them all. See here.
~ J.D. Robb
Whatever our DNA, it's living and being that makes us. We have to love, I think - as forthy as that sounds - we have to love to be fully alive, fully human.
~ J.D. Robb
So much went on in this small mass," Morris murmured. "Thoughts, ideas, music, desires, poetry, anger, hate. People speak of the heart, Lieutenant, but it's the brain that holds all the magic and mystery of the human species. It elevates us, separates us, defines us as individuals. And the secrets of it—well, it's doubtful we'll ever know them all.
~ J.D. Robb
The Church ruling is very clear. And rules often ignore the human and the individual factor. I think God ignores nothing. I think His compassion for His children is infinite. I can't believe, in my heart, God closes his door to those in pain, to those in desperation.
~ J.D. Robb
Craniul,si apoi temperamentul:cele mai solide parti din corpul omenesc.
~ J.M. Coetzee
kalbos prigimtis yra daina, o dainos prigimtis - poreikis pripildyti gars? perd?m erdvi?, apytušt? žmogaus siel?.
~ J.M. Coetzee
La razón no es ni la esencia del universo ni mucho menos la esencia de Dios. Muy al contrario, a mí la razón se me antoja sospechosamente la esencia del pensamiento humano; peor aún, es como la esencia de una sola tendencia del pensamiento humano.
~ J.M. Coetzee
As far as he was concerned, there were only two good positions for a human. A female on her back. And a male facedown not breathing.
~ J.R. Ward
V's smile didn't last long. Don't get your romantic side fired up about me and Jane, buddy. She's human. Butch's jaw dropped and he pulled a bobble. No, really? That's such a shocker! And here I thought she was a sheep. V shot Butch a fuck-ya stare.
~ J.R. Ward
Okay, you shouldn't be able to sit up," Manny muttered. Was he? Oh, hey, check it… And as for the doctor's second dose of surprise? Nice guy, but he was being a dumb-ass human when it came to the feeding thing. With this kind of hunger for that particular female? Tohr was frickin' Superman, capable of bench-pressing a Hummer while he juggled Smart Cars with his free hand.
~ J.R. Ward
She looked into the room. So many machines and wires and tubes - a reminder that the human body was an incredible miracle, its countless autonomic functions a gift when they were operating as intended, and a cumbersome nightmare to have to approximate when they were not.
~ J.R. Ward
If love were a requirement for marriage, the human race would have no need for the institution.
~ J.R. Ward
Here was this human female, who wasn't half his weight, who was ill, who'd just found out she had a vampire in her house¡ªand she was worried about protecting him.
~ J.R. Ward