#human

Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds. ↗

— George Mason

#extinguished #generous #human #human nature #infancy

When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#ask #close #drama #even #human

The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#attain #because #beings #communicate #decent

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#alcoholic #choose #condition #death #disease

The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor? ↗

— David McCullough

#deciding #factor #history #how #human

Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration. ↗

— Gene Cernan

#book #close #decades #decay #exploration

With BSG, sci-fi is the human experience taken beyond the envelope. When I first became involved with the project, I knew that I would be able to play a human being for many years, exploring and reflecting on issues that would impact people's lives. ↗

— Mary McDonnell

#became #being #beyond #envelope #experience

Even when people are so judgmental about what you wear or your weight you just have to step away and be like, 'I'm a normal, fine human being.' ↗

— Leighton Meester

#away #being #even #fine #human

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#be happy #becoming #causes #consider #denying

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#arbitrary #contrasting #culture #diverse #each