Famous Quotes & Sayings

Terry Pratchett

Seeing things a human shouldn't have to see makes us human.

Terry Pratchett

There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.

Terry Eagleton

There seems to be something in humanity which will not bow meekly to the insolence of power.

Terry Eagleton

Those who sentimentally indulge humanity do it no favours.

Tennessee Williams

Nothing human disgusts me unless it's unkind.

The right of an individual to refuse to kill, to torture, or to participate in the preparation for the nuclear destruction of humanity seems to me to be fundamental.

Lee Strasberg

The human being who acts is the human being who lives.

Lady Gaga

We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.

Joseph Stiglitz

The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is a far cry from the specialized education that most students today receive, particularly in the research universities.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

The need to raise itself above humanity is humanity's main characteristic.

Julian Simon

Human beings create more than they destroy.

Juan Manuel Santos

The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world.

Joshua Lederberg

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.

Karl Barth

Humanity in its basic form is co-humanity.

Oscar Wilde

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.

Kanye West

The dinosaurs are remember only by their bones. What will we be remembered for with humanity?

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment

Patton Oswalt

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.

Karen Armstrong

I'm seeking to make sense of life, looking for its meaning and how we can have a better humanity.

Karen Joy Fowler

There's science and there's science, is all I'm saying. Where humans are the subjects, it's mostly not science

Emanuel Swedenborg

Conscience is God's presence in humans.

Lloyd Alexander

Story , finally, is humanity 's autobiography .

Jon Miller

Business is about profit, yes, and it is about more than profit. At its best, it is about expanding the possibilities of humanity.

Judith Martin

What restricts the use of the word 'lady' among the courteous is that it is intended to set a woman apart from ordinary humanity, and in the working world that is not a help, as women have discovered in many bitter ways.

James Macdonald

The core of humanity's sin problem is not a horizontal behavior to be corrected but a Vertical relationship to be restored.

John Ensign

Human beings crave freedom at their core.

John Ortberg

Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.

James Nachtwey

Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a humane way, in a compelling way.

Donald Rumsfeld

All the instructions I issued required humane treatment, ... Anything that was done that was not humane has been prosecuted.

Edward Bond

When humanness is lost the radical difference between the bodies in the pit and people walking on the street is lost.

Hjalmar Branting

A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal

This may be appropriate for cattle, pets or packages, but for humans it is a very different issue.