Human Nature

"George Bush doesn't care about black people."

"First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people."

"My self-centeredness is as human as your fanaticism."

"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought …"

"“When material needs are largely satisfied,” writes Carl Rogers, “as they tend to be for many people in this affluent society, individuals are turning to the psychological world, groping for a greater…"

"Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour."

"group of scientists came out and said unequivocally that global warming is being caused by human beings. Did you hear that mentioned on the "news"? No, that day Britney Spears shaved her head. People …"

"Ordinary people abroad take a better attitude toward men who come as guests with their wives. And if they are accompanied by other members of their family, that disposes people even more favorably tow…"

"Mankind is not born with an insatiable appetite for political liberty. This is the coping stone on the structure of progress, not its base. If political liberty and the institutions which enshrine it …"

"Certain coincidences risk passing unnoticed; certain people have appeared in our lives on several occasions without our realizing it."

"I feel no wrath against the people. I am only doing my duty."

"Science is the benefactor of humanity."

"We will not sign any statement. We will speak only at the National Assembly, because we have worked hard for the people all our lives. We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. And we will not b…"

"I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being, neither white, black, brown nor red. When you are dealing with humanity as one family, there's no question of integration or intermarriage.…"

"To and for the establishment, promotion and development of a Secret Society, the true aim and object whereof shall be for the extension of British rule throughout the world, the perfecting of a system…"

"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and you can't change human nature from intelligent self-interest into pure idealism—not in this life; and if you could, what would be left for paradise?"

"Television is a great leveler. You always end up sounding like the people who ask the questions."

"If my colleagues and I could confront such a difficult issue , can our society please let things go too?"

"To do nothing now is to let our children lament that they never knew the magnificent diversity of humankind because our generation let disappear those cultures that might have taught it to them."

"Average people seldom talked about anything interesting and often hurt each other savagely."