#human being

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. ↗

— Dean Inge

#cat #human #human beings #more #pleased

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#beings #between #common #each #exists

To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons. ↗

— Ma Jian

#basic #become #beings #expression #freedom

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being. ↗

— James Joyce

#being #church #heresy #human #human being

I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being. ↗

— Hamid Karzai

#human #human being #i #muslim #think

All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#beings #body #cancer #elements #environment

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. ↗

— M. F. K. Fisher

#act #another #being #human #human being

I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the road and the music and different players. It makes me a richer human being. I have a greater source of information to tap into, a wealth of life. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#different #different players #experience #experiencing #got

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#capacity #destination #energy #fact #get

When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#amplification #being #high #human #human being