Human Nature

"I have noticed that my likes and dislikes do not create any great excitement. And how people try to get away when I attempt to talk!"

"A man discovers what he is actually worth in this world when he faces society as a man, without money, name, or powerful connections, stripped of all but his native potentialities. He soon finds that …"

"The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.…"

"Transhumanism is the next logical step in the evolution of humankind, and it is the existential solution to the long-term survival of the human race."

"Don't judge me from my looks or the way I dress, judge me wit what I do, cuz I don't impress people!!"

"Every fascist state like Germany, France, or modern Poland takes away citizen's right to self-defense. Fascist Americans such as Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton want to take arms away from American so…"

"The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist. The vast majority of the people of Iraq are against the occu…"

"Men often oppose a thing, merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. But if they have been consulted, and have happened to d…"

"If the Church would have her face shine, she must go up into the mount, and be alone with God. If she would have her courts of worship resound with eucharistic praises, she must open her eyes, and see…"

"The normal development of people in our society can be seen as a series of progressively increasing commitments to conventional norms and institutions."

"The categories gay and lesbian are not universal at all and can only be universalized by the epistemic, ethical, and political violence unleashed on the rest of the world by the very international hum…"

"In the pivotal title role , Vytautas Juozapaitis - fondly remembered for his marvelous performance of the title role in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with the Lirico here in 2003 - sang with a dark, command…"

"We seem to be able to be fully comfortable only when the remainder of humanity can be labeled as members versus nonmembers."

"Many love humanity only in order to forget God with a clear conscience."

"is a permanent invalid in American society. And the places he lives, whether in the town or the country, are its casualty wards."

"When you say journalist, it's like oh -- how many sources have you fact checked? When you say photographer -- it's, why are your photos a little bit out of focus? The answer is because I don't care. I…"

"You don't have to go to college to be a success … We need the people who run the offices, the people who do the hard physical work of our society."

"Fretting about a dearth of randomness seems like worrying that humanity might use up its last reserves of ignorance."

"Every statesman must accept the choice of the people."

"I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."