John Brunner Quotes
If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.
Quotes to Explore
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It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively.
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We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
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Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.
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You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.
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Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.
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The thing I love about sketch is sometimes it leads you as opposed to you leading it.
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I challenge anyone to tell me there isn't evil in this world.
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Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.
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In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read.
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If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.
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My experience with the Junior League, when I worked in Philadelphia for four years in reference to children's things, is that whenever they were asked they responded. They always responded with sincerity, and they did a good job.
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My great frustration is that, more and more, my memories come and go, and friends all my life are not recognized. Many of the things I say and do, I can no longer remember even right afterwards.
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And all she knew was that she was deeply, truly, madly in love with him.
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Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American psyche. It's never going to change.
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Where there is no mathematics, there is no freedom.
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If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.
