Human nature quotes

425 human nature quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines
  • “Nothing can suppress a human’s curiosity.”
    Yuki Kaji - Eren Jaeger
    [Tag:curiosity, human nature]
  • From the TV Series: Lost
    “I didn’t ask for the life that I was given, but it was given nonetheless, and with it I did my best.”
    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Mr. Eko
    [Tag:human nature, life]
  • “We're humans. And when humans want something, really, really bad...we lie.”
    Jensen Ackles - Dean Winchester
    [Tag:human nature, lies]
  • “I think it’s the human spirit inside all of us that gives us an enormous capacity to survive.”

    Kirsten Vangsness - Penelope Garcia
    [Tag:human nature, survival]
  • “In my experience, evil is not a cultural phenomenon—it’s a human one.”
    Mandy Patinkin - Jason Gideon
    [Tag:evil, human nature]
  • “I've dwelt among the humans. Their entire culture is built around their penises. It's funny to say they are small. It's funny to say they are big. I've been at parties where humans held bottles, pencils, thermoses in front of themselves and called out, 'Hey, look at me. I'm Mr. So-and-So Dick. I've got such-as-such for a penis.' I never saw it...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Werner Herzog - Shrimply Pibbles
    [Tag:culture, human nature, humanity]
  • “Why does it feel so good to get rid of things? To unload? To let go? Maybe because when we see how little we actually need to survive, it makes us realize how powerful we actually are. To strip down to only what we need. To hang on to only what we can't do without. Not just to survive, but to thrive.”
    Ellen Pompeo - Dr. Meredith Grey
    [Tag:human nature, survival]
  • “The body is a slave to its impulses. But the thing that makes us human is what we can control. After the storm, after the rush, after the heat of the moment has passed, we can cool off and clean up the messes we made. We can try to let go of what was.”
    Ellen Pompeo - Dr. Meredith Grey
    [Tag:body, human nature]
  • “The problem is we are human. We want more than to just survive. We want to love.”
    Chyler Leigh - Dr. Lexie Grey
    [Tag:human nature, love]
  • “All humans die the same, the place they go after death isn’t decided upon by a god it is Mu (nothingness).”
    Shidô Nakamura - Ryuk
    [Tag:death, human nature]
  • “Lying monsters are a real nuisance. They are much more cunning than other monsters. They pose as humans even though they have no understanding of the human heart. They eat even though they’ve never experienced hunger. They study even though they have no interest in academics. They seek friendship even though they do not know how to love.”
    Kappei Yamaguchi - L
    [Tag:human nature, lies, monster]
  • “Humans aren’t made perfectly. Everyone lies. Even so… I’ve been careful not to tell lies that hurt others.”
    Mamoru Miyano - Light Yagami
    [Tag:human nature, lies]
  • “Why do humans think they can rectify one evil with another?”
    Tom Ellis - Lucifer Morningstar
    [Tag:evil, human nature]
  • “We need the most love when we’re being most unlovable.”
    D.B. Woodside - Amenadiel
    [Tag:human nature, love]
  • “Behind all things are reasons. Reasons can even explain the absurd. Do we have the time to learn the reasons behind the human being's varied behavior? I think not. Some take time.”
    Catherine E. Coulson - Log Lady
    [Tag:human nature, humanity]
  • “As above, so below. The human being finds himself, or herself, in the middle. There is as much space outside the human, proportionately, as inside. Stars, moons, and planets remind us of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Is there a bigger being walking with all the stars within? Does our thinking affect what goes on outside us, and what goes on...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Catherine E. Coulson - Log Lady
    [Tag:human nature, nature, universe]
  • “Can you see through a wall? Can you see through human skin? X-rays see through solid, or so-called solid objects. There are things in life that exist, and yet our eyes cannot see them.”
    Catherine E. Coulson - Log Lady
    [Tag:human nature, spirituality, universe]
  • “The beautiful thing about treasure is that it exists. It exists to be found. How beautiful it is to find treasure. Where is the treasure, that when found, leaves one eternally happy? I think we all know it exists. Some say it is inside us — inside us one and all. That would be strange. It would be so near. Then why is it so hard to find, and so...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Catherine E. Coulson - Log Lady
    [Tag:happiness, human nature]
  • “Of course machines can't think as people do. A machine is different from a person. Hence, they think differently. The interesting question is, just because something, uh... thinks differently from you, does that mean it's not thinking? Well, we allow for humans to have such divergences from one another. You like strawberries, I hate ice-skating,...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Benedict Cumberbatch - Alan Turing
    [Tag:human nature, thinking, thought]
  • “Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow.”
    Benedict Cumberbatch - Alan Turing
    [Tag:human nature, violence]
  • “It is clear that we are just an advanced breed of primates on a minor planet orbiting around a very average star, in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. BUT, ever since the dawn of civilization people have craved for an understanding of the underlying order of the world. There ought to be something very special about the...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Eddie Redmayne - Stephen Hawking
    [Tag:civilization, human nature, planets]
  • “The human eye is so limited. We see only a tiny little sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum. It's like if you owned a grand piano in your house but you can only hear one note on it.”
    Austin Richards - Self
    [Tag:eyes, human nature]
  • From the TV Series: Elite
    “Nadia-The human body is 70% water, so we are basically just cucumbers with anxiety.
    Guzmán-Excuse me, with the amount of salt and alcohol I consume I'm more like an anxiety pickle.


    Miguel Bernardeau - Guzmán Nunier
    Mina El Hammani - Nadia Shanaa
    [Tag:anxiety, human nature]
  • “Someone once said to me that the people in general cannot bear very much reality. He meant by this that they prefer fantasy to a truthful recreation of their experience. People have quite enough reality to bear, by simply getting through their lives, raising their children, dealing with the eternal conundrums of birth, taxes, and death.”
    James Baldwin - Self
    [Tag:human nature, life, reality]
  • “Natural selection doesn’t make mistakes. ”
    Ginés García Millán - César
    [Tag:human nature, mistake, nature]
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