What Is It To Be Human Quotes

We're either nothing or a God's regret.

It never ceases to amaze me that in times of amazing human suffering somebody says something that can be so utterly stupid

The hope of science is the perfection of the human race. The hope of theology is the salvation of a few, and the damnation of almost everybody.

It is labor that has made the world a fit habitation for the human race.

All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and far from being possessed.

There is more uncertainty than usual about job futures because computers are replacing more and more human intelligence, and globalization is proceeding at an accelerating pace.

There are many, many angels, more than there are human beings. They stand before the throne of God and praise Him. At the same time, they are among us, with us. Angels are real. And they are here.

How protean are the devices available to human intelligence when it lends itself to the persistence of the conformist error.

A quality such as self-esteem is a result of practicing good human relations.

A warrior can be injured but not offended. For a warrior there is nothing offensive about the acts of her fellow human beings, as long as she herself is acting in the proper mood.

Human beings are such social animals. We're very connected with the feelings of those we're close to, so we can't really be happy when the ones we are close to are unhappy.

I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent.

I would say that failure to terraform Mars constitutes failure to live up to our human nature and a betrayal of our responsibility as members of the community of life itself

Clarity is not a characteristic of the human spirit.

After all, we are human beings, and not creatures of infinite possibilities.

We as human beings like to be cocksure and certain.

Laughter went on and on, like sunlight and stone, even if the human beings who laughed did not.

People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty - even when it limits them.

Human beings are special, of higher dignity and worth than other animals, because they're created in God's own image and likeness. It's actually true humanism.

Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers.

The capacity to become aware of the givens of our existence - such as change - and to actually welcome those as just part of our human experience releases the struggle.

If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.

There is a sort of mystery to kitsch. When did it begin? If it is just simply another name for faking emotions, it ought to have been a permanent part of the human condition.

There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.

The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live.

I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is unwarranted.

We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life -- the unborn -- without diminishing the value of all human life . . . there is no cause more important.

Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can be for an actor is to walk up the street and observe human nature.

I really prize my freedom more than work. I prize just being human and doing other things.

There is no scarier chasm of darkness than the human mind.

Before our race, nationality, or religion, we are all human beings. Let's celebrate our differences and not fight over them.

The idea of a post-religious society is a fantasy, ultimately. Human beings are, by nature, religious in various ways.

We atheists have to accept that most believers are better human beings.

Truth is a free creation of the human spirit, that never would exist at all if we did not generate it ourselves.

The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also overwhelmed by it.

Liberalism is a scourge. It destroys the human spirit. It destroys prosperity. It assigns sameness to everybody. And wherever I find it, I oppose it.

What incredible arrogance to believe that we limited human beings can destroy that which we cannot even begin to understand - much less create on our own - and that is earth and all of its glories.

The number of people, the labor force, has shrunk by nine million human beings since Obama took office.

Human nature fascinates me.

[Donald] Trump is going to look into the notion of prosecuting Hillary [Clinton]. CNN has a graphic up , "Trump: Some human activity linked to climate change."

"Some human activity linked to climate change." That bothers me much more than whether or not we're gonna be prosecuting Hillary [Clinton].

America is far and away superior to every other place on earth, in terms of lifestyles, liberty, and freedom. In terms of the human condition, there's no place like it.

The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.

I'm really not an angry vegan, but human beings are f***ing rude.

Accepted that we all are human resources, but we are humans first and resources later.

The way from God to a human heart is through a human heart.

We have abolished human bondage because it cursed those who imposed it. It is now our bounden duty to oppose cruelty to those creatures of our common Father which share with man the mystery of life.

There's always something more to be accomplished with a character. Theater is a human experience. There's nothing shellacked or finished off about it. I guess that's why it always draws me back.

All people want on this earth is to connect with others. Other than eating and sleeping. Human beings need to connect with other human beings. Otherwise, they lose their mind.

The Supreme Court has also issued and never reversed a number of decisions that are repugnant to the Constitution's vision of human dignity and equality.