Humans Quotes
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About 1.2% of the human genome is made up of genes, things that encode for proteins, the stuff that we consider us. There is about 8.3% that's a virus. In other words we're probably about seven times more virus than we are human genes, which is kind of a weird way to thinking about yourself.
Carl Zimmer
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The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.
Chinmayananda Saraswati
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One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.
Ivo Andric
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We did not choose to believe that personal choice is the highest human virtue. Rather, we were taught, formed, forced to believe nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen. The irony is that the belief that nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen is a belief that we have not personally chosen! The supermarket and shopping mall have been our school.
William Henry Willimon
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Once she exclaimed, "But I always thought that sorceresses were evil!" "What do you mean 'evil'?" Lynet has never considered the question. "You know," she said, after a moment, "unfriendly to people." "People!" repeated Morgana derisively. "As if humans were all that mattered. Just once I'd like to see people judged by how friendly they are to sorceresses.
Gerald Morris
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There was no woodsy fragrance blowing through my room, and the snail, especially while it lived in the pot of violets, must have been surprised by the kaleidoscope of unfamiliar smells, the scent of humans, human food, tea, soap, paper, and ink.
Elisabeth Tova Bailey
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When all of us are acknowledged as the human equals that we really are, there will be no space left for bullying. It will no longer be wrong to choose one thing over another.
Jason Mraz
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Being a human means waking up in this world, where we all have to work and slog to put food on the table.
Jason Mraz
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The most precious thing a human being has to give is time. There is so very little of it, after all, in a life.
Edith Schaeffer
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One would like to stroke and caress human beings, but one dares not do so, because they bite.
Vladimir Lenin
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Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a story. They have to get fired from their job or be forced to sign up for a marathon. A ring has to be purchased. A home has to be sold. The character has to jump into the story, into the discomfort and the fear, otherwise the story will never happen.
Donald Miller
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Writing to offer a piece of information or a connection is a great way to demonstrate that you're looking out for the other person. Humans have a tendency to want to reciprocate, so the more you show you're looking out for someone, the more likely that person will begin to keep you in mind as well.
Adam Rifkin
