#hum

The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama. ↗

— Edward Bond

#drama #dramatic #human #human mind #itself

A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#humour #love #lovers #sheep #love

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#beings #better #closer #come #dare

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#free #free market #happiness #humanity #influence

In the nineteenth century, The Romantics viewed Nature as benign, a glowing reflection of God's grace. Now we know better. Nature is brutal and, if it is feminine, she's not the kind of woman you can trust. Human beings may be her finest achievement yet, but when you get right down to brass tacks, we're meat. AIDS and organisms like streptococcus don't give a crap that we subdued the earth or produced a Shakespeare... ↗

— Richard Yancey

#dogs #humor #mystery #philosophy #nature

They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#humor #inspirational #same #society #inspirational

So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality. ↗

— Bono

#africa #dignity #equality #facing #here

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#attention #changing #how #humor #involved

It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept. ↗

— Pat Boone

#comedies #concept #dramatic #fact #humanistic

The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#money #beauty