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Humans Quotes - Page 83

A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.

A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.

Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.215

human relationships simply aren't durable. I think back to the women in my life. they seem non-existent.

Charles Bukowski (2009). “Love is a Dog From Hell”, p.38, Harper Collins

It's a sad comment on humans that none of them are tolerable to one who can read their minds

Charlaine Harris (2006). “Definitely Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.173, Penguin

You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews.

Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “Deathless”, p.313, Macmillan

How had it happened, Simon thought, that he was bound to these peopleā€”to people who thought of him as nothing more than a Downworlder, half human at best?

Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.894, Simon and Schuster

I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.

Interview with Eric Harvey, www.avclub.com. July 29, 2011.

All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.

Carl von Clausewitz (2008). “On War”, p.256, Princeton University Press

Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.

"Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.

Human intellect is incurably abstract.

C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.57, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

I do love animals so much, and have a great respect for them emotionally and intellectually, because they are so different from human beings.

"‘Hannibal’ producer Bryan Fuller on cannibal cuisine". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. June 19, 2013.

There's no victory-condition for being human.

"Interview: Bruce Sterling Answers Your Questions". entertainment.slashdot.org. December 23, 2013.

There will be a "Oops 100." They'll be plenty more oopses. I'm not perfect. I'm human.

"A defiant Britney Spears takes on the tabloids". "Dateline NBC", www.nbcnews.com.

At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.

Brandon Sanderson (2017). “Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)”, p.1836, Macmillan

I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.

"Bob Brown and the media: 'I'll take them on ... they've crossed the line'". Interview with John Keane, theconversation.com. June 2, 2011.

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

Billy Graham (2013). “Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well”, p.95, Thomas Nelson Inc