2,272 Quotes About Human-nature

We tell the dead to rest in peace, when we should worry about the living to live in peace.

Se davvero l'essere umano fosse stato creato da Dio" diceva mio marito, "credi che Dio si sarebbe inventato una cosa volgare come la merda? Non avrebbe trovato un altro metodo, uno che non comportasse gli esiti ripugnanti della digestione? La merda è una trovata così perversa che o Dio è un perverso oppure non esiste.

For millions of years, man spoke only to what he could see. Suddenly, in just one decade, 'seeing' and 'speaking' have been separated. We think we're used to it, yet we don't realize the immense impact it's had on our reflexes. Our bodies are simply not used to it. Frankly, the result is that, when we talk on the telephone, we enter a state that is similar to certain magical trances; we can discover other things about ourselves.

It is a futile and ridiculous struggle—but then... it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

You are soft person you said. But you're soft as shit: it is very soft but stinking!

So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason — to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?" Molly asks when Vivian reads some of these stories aloud."It certainly helps," Vivian says.

Facts are much more malleable than prejudices.

The civilized human stands firm on their conviction and says, I don't obey no etiquette, I don't obey no norm - whatever is civilized is born of me, whatever is human is born of me.

In a war the most dangerous thing is to understand the enemy. To understand is to forgive. And wehave no right to do that—we never have had, not since the creation of the world.