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Human Quotes

Being human is a work in progress.

These human quotes take a reflective turn, covering our capacity to change and adapt, the elusive search for real satisfaction beyond consumption, and a candid look at why relationships often fall short of what we hope for. For more, see our Human Being quotes.

For those who have envisioned the State of Israel to be a democracy, which although primarily a Jewish polity for Jews is one in which non-Jews can become citizens and enjoy equal civil rights with the Jewish majority, the question...

Quotes by David Novak

My basic philosophy is that no human being is a saint.

Quotes by David Maraniss

In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question.

Quotes by David Korten

I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death.

Quotes by David LaChapelle

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Quotes by David Hume

The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to...

Quotes by David Icke

Panic is a natural human response to danger, but it's one that severely compounds the risk.

Quotes by David Ignatius

Chisora's not a nice man, not a nice human being.

Quotes by David Haye

The podcast 'Note to Self' is 'the tech show about being human'. Human notions of privacy have changed.

Quotes by David Hepworth

Mars does not belong to 'America,' nor to Earth, nor to human beings.

Quotes by David Grinspoon

Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.

Quotes by David Guterson

The perception of identity is so intimately bound up with the perception of the human form.

Quotes by David Hanson

In a sense, human beings are human beings. Their feelings of aloneness, of brokenness, their feelings of hurt and disappointment, are universal. It's the ways they choose to act on their feelings that separates them.

Quotes by David Harbour

As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.

Quotes by David Hare

The Health and Human Services preventive services mandate forces businesses to provide the morning-after and the week-after pills in our health insurance plans.

Quotes by David Green

The ease with which barley may be substituted directly for wheat in human food and its usefulness to replace wheat milling by-products as feed in the production of the milk supply render its abundant production important.

Quotes by David F. Houston

The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country.

Quotes by David F. Houston

Fiction's about what it is to be a human being.

Quotes by David Foster Wallace

The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still 'are' human beings, now. Or can be.

Quotes by David Foster Wallace

I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.

Quotes by David Foster Wallace

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about seeking human honour and respect?
Yes, one quote expresses this as a kind of utopian wish: "Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes." For more reflections on what it means to exist, see our Being quotes.
Is there a quote about human beings changing and growing over time?
Yes, one quote states: "As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser." For more directly on this theme, see our Human Being quotes.
Is there a quote about finding happiness outside of consumption?
Yes, one quote argues: "There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production." For more on this idea, see our Life quotes.
Is there a quote about where human attention tends to focus in relationships?
Yes, one quote observes: "Human attention tends to be focused on the satisfactions relationships are hoped to bring, precisely because somehow they have not been truly satisfactory."
Where can I find more quotes about the human experience generally?
Our Always quotes offer more broad, timeless reflections that pair well with this theme.

Broader reflections on identity and existence continue on our Being and Life pages, both natural extensions of this theme.