Humans Quotes
-
I think we sometimes give ourselves a little too much credit as humans, as being able to control and understand nature, when in fact we do neither.
Richard Preston
-
Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.
Ernest Hemingway
-
We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs. ... We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become.
Brandon Mull
-
I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.
Mikhail Bakunin
-
About 99 percent of genes in humans have counterparts in the mouse. Eighty percent have identical, one-to-one counterparts.
Eric Lander
-
As human beings, what we can do is extend help in whatever way possible.
Nita Ambani
-
Wildlife needs wilderness-not just to survive, but also to live freely. Sadly, many species struggle to survive due to increased human activity and expansion into habitats they call home.
Zoe Helene
-
Within the period of human history we do not know of a single instance of the transformation of one species into another one. It may be claimed that the theory of descent is lacking, therefore, in the most essential feature that it needs to place the theory on a scientific basis, this must be admitted.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
-
Say what men may, it is doctrine that moves the world. He who takes no position will not sway the human intellect.
William Greenough Thayer Shedd
-
I realized that influence was inextricably linked to impact — the more influence you had, the more impact you could create. . . . The ability to make things go viral felt like the closest that we could get to having a human superpower.
Emerson Spartz
-
Because animals seem to dwell in the present moment,
because their own presence is so instinctive,
their attention so unwavering, the offer us
a different kind of compassion than humans do.
Anyone is lucky to have both human and
animal comfort in their lives.
Brenda Peterson
-
The greatest cause of evil included all human motives in one giant paradox. Good and bad were so inextricably mixed that we couldn't make them out; bad seemed to lead to good, and good motives led to bad. The paradox is that evil comes from man's urge to heroic victory over evil.
Ernest Becker
