quotes about Human Dignity

“We all know we fall. Newton's discovery was that the moon falls, too-and by the same rule that we do.”

“People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.”

“Their every instinct - and I have to say this is without exception - is to iron out the bumps, and It's always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff.”

“Seeds and nuts are indispensable for cardiovascular health. The protective properties of nuts against coronary heart disease were first recognized in the early 1990s, and a strong body of literature has followed, confirming these original findings.”

Source : "Heart Health: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Joel Fuhrman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2010.

“Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.”

Source : Neil Postman (2011). “The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School”, p.70, Vintage

“People try to be more edgy, or write about that first explosive meeting between two people in a club, but not so much the long-term issues; I don't know how to write a song about teenage heartbreak anymore.”

Source : "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.

“A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.”

“Every designer has to stand behind and believe in what they are creating.”

Source : "Arizona 20 Years: Charlotte Ronson". Interview with Miguel Enamorado, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 11, 2012.

“I guess I'm also obligated to note that the experience of sex workers who are not upper/middle class/white probably have much worse conditions than anything that's portrayed commonly in media/what I experienced.”

“Usually my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it.”