Quotes About Humans

But my animals are real animals, and they behave as animals usually do. It's really the humans who do strange things. Animals are predictable. Humans, never.

Cats are useful for killing vermin (mice, rats) but beyond that provide very little use to humans, except companionship, and even then only according to their capricious whims.

Sin is the the corruption of reason. That's why humans are capable of such evils, while unreasoning animals are not.

Humans change themselves through technology.

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines.

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.

It's natural for humans to suppress urges, for when our desires are left unchecked they lead to broken relationships, prison time, and forest fires.

Every time I scratch apathy, I find powerlessness beneath it. Humans care, they just don't know what to do about it.

Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.

She say guilt is a useless emotion. Oh, please, says Nancy. Guilt is what separates humans from animals.

Meli, are you sure these humans are on our side?) (No ... but at least they are not Khieevi.) (That is beginning to seem less and less of a recommendation. Like us in form, perhaps, but hardly in ethics.) (That may not be entirely a bad thing. If they meet their friends with weapons in both hands, what do you suppose they do to their enemies?)

Our emotions are different but we have them. We never cast a cold eye on life or death. Don't misunderstand our seeming serenity. After all, we live in a world of perfect trust in The Maker, and we are keenly aware that humans often do not, and we feel an active sorrow for them.

We can have ethics and we can have honor and we can have loyalty," he insisted, "and every other key virtue we learned as humans." He was roaring at me under his breath, as the British so often do it, with a veneer of silvery politeness.

There is nothing like the long passage through the damp dark night, and then the sudden opening of the door of the tavern into an entire little universe of light and warmth and singing and laughing humans.

Most primates, including humans, are intensely social, and there are very few instances of lone primates surviving in the wild.

Marketing is the generous act of helping others become who they seek to become. It involves creating honest stories—stories that resonate and spread. Marketers offer solutions, opportunities for humans to solve their problems and move forward.

Computers certainly possess the ability to reason and the capacity for self-reference. And just because they do, their actions are intrinsically inscrutable. Consequently, as they become more powerful and perform a more varied set of tasks, computers exhibit an unpredictability approaching that of human beings. Indeed, by Averroës's standards, they possess the same degree of immortality as humans.

A sufficiently advanced alien is indistinguishable. And it made no difference if he believed or not. Either God is, or is not. When had it ever mattered if Humans believed?

Humans aren't a protected class. (Acheron) Really? (Jaden) Yeah. Savitar shares your 'all humans are vermin' mind set. (Savitar)

You don't know about Travis Fimmel? Oh, sister, you are deprived. He the finest man alive. (Simi) You lust for men? (Xirena) Well, I certainly don't lust for women. (Simi) No, I mean you lust for humans? (Xirena) Well, don't you? (Simi) Ew! What have you don't to her? You have corrupted a good demon! (Xirena)

Were-Hunters are different from humans. (Ravyn) You mean other than the fact that you live for several hundred years, can turn into animals, time travel, and wave your hand to make freaky stuff happen? (Susan)

Damn, all I wanted was a drink of coffee and one little beignet. Coffee… Daimons… Coffee…Daimons. (Talon) I think in this case the Daimons better win. (Wulf) Yeah, but it's chicory coffee. (Talon) Talon wanting to be toasted by Acheron for failure to protect humans. (Wulf)

Which is why you deal with demons. (Acheron) Who are even more pathetic than humans when you think about it. Personally, I'd rather play video games. Wouldn't it be great if we could suck the souls of the people we hated into the box, shoot them down and then dance on their entrails? (Jaden)