Quotes About Insight

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it.

History is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind.

At the end of the day, you have to find the humanity in you in each character.

If you stare at someone long enough, you start to see their humanity.

Thinking is the most overrated human activity.

There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what humanity is supposed to mean - hell, I know that.

I'm a human who is aware of the history of humanity and the ways in which the movies touch on those things.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs.

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.

I think art, at best, holds up a mirror to humanity.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Quotes are for dumb people who can't think of something intelligent to say on their own.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.

If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

If you've got the comedy eye, you can look at any situation and see the humor in it while others don't.

Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.