#uma

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#altering #attitudes #beings #discovery #generation

There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#beauty #condition #counterpoint #depth #gives

You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be. ↗

— Don Van Vliet

#how #human #kindness #should #tell

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#i #i am #man #needed #only

It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#advantage #changing #common #contribute #controlling

People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#basic #because #element #factor #fall

The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#carried #culture #dirt #drive #extreme

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#being #care #human #human being #people

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#action movies #because #caring #days #deal

If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong. ↗

— Virgil

#despise #god #human #human race #mindful