#human race

The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#always #brought #cause #centuries #continually

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race. ↗

— Blake Edwards

#exploit #human #human race #invented #order

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition. ↗

— Eva Figes

#against #any #because #considered #definition

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out. ↗

— Billy Graham

#becomes #church #destroy #hours #human

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. ↗

— Mark Twain

#banner #carrying #cowards #human #human race

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. ↗

— Don Marquis

#human #human race #obstacle #progress #race

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#compassion #destroy #fearlessness #human #human race

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#human #human race #overestimate #race

The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race. ↗

— Lynn Barber

#biographies #human #human race #interviews #like

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#human race #knock #never #out #patriotism