#hum

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them. ↗

— Ivo Andric

#am #humans #i #i am #inhuman

A Dutch parent has a decidedly hairier story to relate, telling his children, 'Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will be coming tonight along with six to eight black men. They might put some candy in your shoes, they might stuff you into a sack and take you to Spain, or they might just pretend to kick you. We don't know for sure, but we want you to be prepared. ↗

— David Sedaris

#humor #santa-claus #family

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy. ↗

— Nicole Appleton

#humor #i #intelligence #sense #sense of humor

I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#being #citizen #destiny #half #hands

...I like the way Chee kept God magical, sorta like Santa Claus when you're a kid. More priests should take this approach, because there is a frickin' reason why Santa Claus is more popular than Jesus nowadays. ↗

— Matthew Quick

#religion #religion

I'm still human - I can't not feel. ↗

— Delta Goodrem

#human #i #still

It ain't the heat, it's the humility. ↗

— Yogi Berra

#humility

I mean, shit, what Latino family doesn't think it's cursed? ↗

— Junot Díaz

#family

We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#here #home #human #human right #invented

If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#apology #boy #bush #country #hope