#hum

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul. ↗

— Ralph Peters

#age #biggest #biggest problems #century #face

You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#bible #human #human nature #learn #living

I'd always been treated like an object, not like a human. ↗

— Bijou Phillips

#been #human #i #like #object

A politician is someone who promises a bridge even when there's no water ↗

— Gregory David Roberts

#politicians

You absolutely don't know what's going to happen next - that's surrender. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#pippin #quote #humor

Question everything, unless it's the answer ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#life #philosophy #wisdom #life

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#become #being #comfortable #day #doing

You ever want to negotiate a hostage situation in Quebec, I'm your man. Send me in for a little parley and the francophone miscreants will flee, hands over bleeding ears. ↗

— Will Ferguson

#humour #travel #beauty

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration. ↗

— David Sedaris

#always #been #exaggeration #humorists #i