Human nature quotes
425 human nature quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Experimenter
“My sickness is that I'm fascinated by human behavior, by what's underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people.”
- From the movie: Dark Places
“The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.”
- From the movie: The Love Letter
“- Johnny: No one knows what they want Jennifer, that's the human condition.
- Jennifer: Some people know what they want. I mean, they might not know how to get it but they know what they want.” - La trovi in Celebrities on other topics
“We're such a funky species. We're so violent, so greedy - this is how we roll. But what are we going to do about it? How do we move forward given who we are?”
“In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.”
- From the movie: Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
“If you want to know the secret of being, you'll come with us.”
“Acting is not an art. It's a junk pile of all the arts. But in behalf of my scavenger profession I'll make this boast. An actor is much better off than a human being. He isn't stuck with the paltry fellow he is. He can always act his better and non-existent self.”
- From the movie: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
- From the movie: Ghost in the Shell
“I'm human. I'm flawed. But I embrace change... and enhancement. Now there's nothing I can't do. Nothing. Nothing I can't know. Nothing I can't be.”
- From the movie: Star Trek Into Darkness
- From the movie: Elizabeth
- From the movie: Bride of Frankenstein
“Follow the lead of nature - or of God, if you like your Bible stories. Male and female created to them. Be fruitful and multiply. Create a race. A manmade race upon the face of the earth.”
- La trovi in Actors' Love Affairs
- From the movie: Experimenter
“I believe we are puppets with perception, with awareness. Sometimes we can see the strings. And perhaps our awareness is the first step in our liberation.”
“It is the doom of men that they forget.”
- From the movie: Fury
“- Boyd 'Bible' Swan: Wait until you see it.
- Norman Ellison: See what?
- Boyd 'Bible' Swan: What a man can do to another man.” - From the movie: The Devil and Daniel Webster
“A man can always change things. That's what makes him different from the barnyard critters.”
- From the movie: Fred Claus
“The world is what you make it. And it all starts with what you make of yourself.”
- From the movie: X-Men
“Are you a God-fearing man? That is such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher; a bringer of light, wisdom, and understanding. You see, I think what you really fear is me. Me and my kind.”
- From the movie: Altered States
“- Eddie Jessup: I can't live with it Emily, the pain is unbearable.
- Emily Jessup: We all live with it. That unbearable terror is what makes us such singular creatures. We hide from it, we succumb to it, mostly we defy it! We build fragile little structures to keep it out. We love, we raise families, we work, we make friends. We write poems...” - From the movie: The Wolverine
“- Viper: I'm sorry, I wish I could say more, but I was hired in part for my discretion.
- Logan: I'm sure you were.
- Viper: That and a certain talent for combining biochemistry and metaphysics. High-grade toxins are my specialty. It helps to be genetically immune to every poison known to man, as I am. And immune to the toxin that is man himself...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Ex Machina
“What's your type of girl? You know what, don't even answer that. Let's say its black chicks. Okay, that's your thing. For the sake of argument, that's your thing, okay? Why is that your thing? Because you did a detailed analysis of all racial types and you cross-referenced that analysis with a points-based system? No! You're just attracted to...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Kill Bill: Volume 2
“Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race.”
- From the movie: Casino Royale
“It's not only the immediate agony, but the knowledge... that if you do not yield soon enough... there will be little left to identify you as a man.”
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