Quotes tagged ‘human beings’

“Let's just try to be human beings.”

— Alex McAulay, Matt Spicer, Max Winkler, Laurie, Kathryn Hahn, imdb.com

“Nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”

— Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti, Oliver Queen, Stephen Amell, imdb.com

“'Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.”

— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Agent Smith, Hugo Weaving, imdb.com

“As above, so below. The human being finds himself, or herself, in the middle. There is as much space outside the human, proportionately, as inside. Stars, moons, and planets remind us of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Is there a bigger being walking with all the stars within? Does our thinking af…”

— Harley Peyton, Log Lady, Catherine E. Coulson, imdb.com

“We were trying to do something good. We were being human beings.”

— Scott M. Gimple, Gareth, Andrew J. West, imdb.com

“Samantha: Darrin is a marvelous human being. Endora: Oh, that's a terrible thing to say about anyone.”

— Barbara Avedon, Sol Saks, Samantha Stephens, Elizabeth Montgomery, imdb.com

“As doctors, as friends, as human beings, we all try to do the best we can....But the world is full of unexpected twists and turns. And just when you've gotten the lay of the land, the ground underneath you shifts. And knocks you off your feet. If you're lucky, you'll end up with nothing more than a…”

— Gabrielle G. Stanton, Harry Werksman, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.”

— Sergei Eisenstein, newworldencyclopedia.org

“Humanity in the abstract will never inspire you in the same way as human beings you meet. Poverty is not going to motivate you. But people will motivate you.”

— Melinda Gates, today.duke.edu

“We must finally understand that of all the precious capital in the world, the most precious capital, the most decisive capital, is human beings....”

— Joseph Stalin, marx2mao.com

“Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

“One who could make of himself a vacuum into which others might freely enter would become master of all situations. The whole can always dominate the part.”

— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com

“I am convinced that different people awaken different beasts in you.”

— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com

“If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed — if we are not willing — we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.”

— Jacques Cousteau, en.wikiquote.org

“...it's pretty rare to find someone you actually like to be with in this world. There are a lot of annoying people out there.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

“Here’s why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot talk, so I listen very well. I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. People, if you pay attention to them, change the direction of one another’s conversations constantly. It’s like being a passenger in yo…”

— Garth Stein, amazon.com

“Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it.”

— Gertrude Stein, en.wikiquote.org

“It’s unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder.”

— Emma Thompson, amazon.com

“The man in ecstasy and the man drowning — both throw up their arms”

— Franz Kafka, amazon.com

“Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.”

— Egon Schiele, goodreads.com