#human

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#get #humans #i #individuality #less

Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#character #christ #code #hence #human

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#back #because #being #direction #dramatic

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#achieved #anything #drama #feel #feelings

I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser. ↗

— Mother Jones

#humanitarian #i

I'm terribly human. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#i #terribly

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#characters #glorious #human #human beings #preposterous

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep. ↗

— Erica Jong

#ambivalent #babies #being #being human #best

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. ↗

— Erica Jong

#also #being #cover #ever #fool

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#beings #clear #different #human #human beings