quotes about Being Human
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Being human is the most terrible loneliness in the universe.
-- A.A. AttanasioSource : A. A. Attanasio (1997). “The Dragon and the Unicorn”, GuildAmerica Books
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The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
-- Aaron Carter -
I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings.
-- Albert Einstein -
The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.
-- Anatole Broyard -
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Being human in the digital world is about building a digital world for humans.
-- Andrew KeenSource : Source: www.theguardian.com
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... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65]
-- Anne Lamott -
Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.
-- Bjorn UlvaeusSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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There's no victory-condition for being human.
-- Bruce Sterling -
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Listen, I’m not entirely comfortable being human.
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The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.
-- David Coverdale -
A culture that values production over life values the wrong things, because it will produce things at the expense of living beings, human or otherwise.
-- Derrick JensenSource : Derrick Jensen (2000). “A Language Older Than Words”
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We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.
-- Dionne WarwickSource : "This much I know: Dionne Warwick". Interview With Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2012.
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Obviously the idea of being human is a very human idea.
-- Dominic Monaghan -
I have never, in all my life, been so odious as to regard myself as 'superior' to any living being, human or animal. I just walked alone - as I have always walked alone.
-- Edith Sitwell -
I don't like human nature, but I do like human beings.
-- Ellen Glasgow -
can't blame a man for being human when human is all he'll ever be!
-- Eric Jerome Dickey -
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Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.
-- Ernest Cline -
We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human.
-- Frances Hardinge -
We’re living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with just enjoying being human. We’d rather shop than live, acquire than love and stare into a screen than hold each other.
-- Frank Schaeffer -
..there is hope. That's the marvelous thing about being human. We can change our future. We need not be enslaved by the experiences of the past. We can learn to love even when we have not received love.
-- Gary Chapman -
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Animism is far from primitive, nor is it about pre-modernity because animism does not serve as a precursor to modernity. Rather animism is one of the many vitally present and contemporary other-than-modern ways of being human.
-- Graham HarveySource : Graham Harvey (2005). “Animism”, p.21, Columbia University Press
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Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.
-- Henri Nouwen -
Chacun de nous a un jour, plus ou moins triste, plus ou moins lointain, o u' il doit enfin accepter d'e" tre un homme. There will come a day for each of us, more or less sad, more or less distant, whenwe must accept the condition of being human.
-- Jean Anouilh -
Part of being human is that we can’t go back, we can only hope that if we come across that moment again we’ll do it the right way.
-- Jesse Lacey -
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To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it's about being human.
-- Kim DealSource : "It used to be about music. Now, without the drink, it's good to go back to that". Interview with Jude Rogers, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.
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When did we stop being people, being human?
-- Malorie Blackman -
Without emotion, what's the point of being human?
-- Marie LuSource : Marie Lu (2013). “Champion: A Legend Novel”, p.115, Penguin
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The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.
-- Mariella FrostrupSource : "Will underachieving and being directionless alienate me from people?" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2012.
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Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.
-- Mark Nepo -
Being human is overrated.
-- Mark PennSource : "Clinton's Road to Second Place" by Jackie Calmes, www.wsj.com. June 04, 2008.
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Being human is being a lot of things at the same time.
-- Matthias Schoenaerts -
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Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.
-- Michael Gungor -
The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a ***** addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.
-- Nick HornbySource : "How does it feel to be a woman? First, the Good News..." by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2001.
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The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone
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Being human, we can only receive infinite truth in finite doses
-- Norman Grubb -
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Oh, humiliation is poisonous. Its one of the deepest pains of being human.
-- Pierce Brosnan -
Harold could no longer pass a stranger without acknowledging the truth that everyone was the same, and also unique; and that this was the dilemma of being human.
-- Rachel Joyce -
I'm obsessed with being human.
-- Rachelle LefevreSource : "Rachelle Lefevre Interview OFF THE MAP". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 12, 2011.
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Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?
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Good taste has everything to do with being cultured and being refined, and if art has to do with anything, it has to do with being human.
-- Rich Mullins -
At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.
-- Richard RortySource : Richard Rorty (1999). “Philosophy and Social Hope”, ePenguin
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Often what we take for a kindness is just someone acting in their capacity as a human being.
-- Robert Breault -
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Don’t get addicted to being human. This is only temporary.
-- Robert Monroe -
There are too many people, and too few human beings.
-- Robert Zend -
That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue.
-- Sally Ride -
Only you can take responsibility for your happiness..but you can't do it alone. It's the great paradox of being human.
-- Simon Sinek -
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The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.
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Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.254, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is all that we're sure of.
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Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want.
-- Yongey Mingyur RinpocheSource : Eric Swanson, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2010). “The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness”, p.179, Random House
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If we're not conscious of sex, than we don't know we're having the pleasure. There's a compromise. By virtue of being human, there's self-reflection. Sigmund Freud should replace the Gideon Bible in motel rooms.
-- Francis LevySource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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Part of being human is having a sense of humor.
-- Patrick Wolf -
Being human, at times, is very painful, and that leads us to reawakening.
-- Suzanne Giesemann -
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It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined.
-- Philip Kitcher -
Don’t get addicted to being human. This is only temporary.
-- Robert Monroe