#human

Humans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all. They threw away their lives for money, for packets of powder, for a stranger's charming smile. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#mortal-instruments #mortality #money

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers. ↗

— Wilfrid Sheed

#human #human race #itself #low #much

The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#american experience #basic #basic human rights #citizens #experience

I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be. ↗

— Otis Williams

#human #i #instead #learned #life

I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr. Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get publicity. ↗

— Robert Winston

#any #being #claims #clone #credible

The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart. ↗

— John Woo

#always #deep #deep inside #director #full

No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so. ↗

— Xenophanes

#chance #done #even #ever #had

A voice expressing emotion in a musical way moves on. It's like the finale of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - the world turns in on itself, as a universe unto itself, in the shape of one human being. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#emotion #expressing #finale #human #human being

How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#heart #how #human #human heart #must

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves. ↗

— Herbert Read

#being #believed #care #could #human