Human nature quotes

“We all know what gutless cowards humans are, don't you?”
Andrew Divoff - Redeye

“- Laurie Jupiter: The most powerful thing in the universe... still just a puppet.
- Jon Osterman: We are all puppets.”
Malin Akerman - Laurie Jupiter
Billy Crudup - Jon Osterman

“Human beings really know how to be pathetic when they try to, huh?”
Jane Seymour Fonda - Brenda Morel

“There are two things that clearly differentiate the human species from animals. One, we use cutlery. Two, we're capable of controlling our sexual urges. Now, you might be an exception, but don't drag me down into your private Hell.”

Dan Aykroyd - Friday

“Every human soul has seen, perhaps before their birth, pure forms such as justice, temperance, beauty and all the great moral qualities which we hold in honour. We are moved towards what is good by the faint memory of these forms, simple and calm and blessed, which we saw once in a pure, clear light, being pure ourselves.”
Dame Judi Dench - Iris Murdoch

“They still hate and fear us, its just harder to see because they're more polite about it.”

Jennifer Lawrence - Raven

“Ever since we dispensed with God we've got nothing but ourselves to explain this meaningless horror of life. That first self is real... and I'm going to find the fucker.”
William Hurt - Eddie Jessup

“- Scott Daniels: You're programming yourself just like a computer.
- Sarah: Well, what's wrong with that?
- Scott Daniels: Nothing, if you happen to be a computer. You're a real, live human being.
- Sarah: So?
- Scott Daniels: So follow your impulses once in a while. Be human.”

James Daughton - Scott Daniels
Debra Blee - Sarah

“The Devil is that element in human nature, that impels us to destroy and debase.”
Marlon Brando - Dr. Moreau

“I've been knocked down, blown up, lied to, shit on, and shot at. So nothing surprises me much anymore, except the things that people do to each other.”
Jason Statham - Nick Wild

“- JJ Lask: You ever pretend that you're someone else?
- Serra - Real: No.
- JJ Lask: And you sort of... the other, but the other you is a better you.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask
Eleanor Hutchins - Serra - Real

“People are afraid of what they don't understand.”
Kevin Costner - Jonathan Kent

“We are supreme creatures made in God's own likeness. Earthly kings, whose business it is to circumnavigate the planet bestowed to us. To bend nature to our will.”
Benjamin Walker - George Pollard

“You don't know how lucky you are being a monkey. Because consciousness is a terrible curse. I think. I feel. I suffer. And all I ask in return is the opportunity to do my work. And they won't allow it... because I raise issues.”
John Cusack - Craig Schwartz

“Some people believe language exists from birth. And what is learned is the ability to attach words and structure to the latent ability.”
Domhnall Gleeson - Caleb

“The obedience experiments are cited and discussed in nearly every introductory psychology textbook worldwide. My obedience film is screened for every incoming class at West Point. And my methods and results continue to be challenged, scorned, debunked, yet every time a new outrage is unleashed into the world, sanctioned and systematic acts of...” (continue)(continue reading)
Peter Sarsgaard - Stanley Milgram

“I thought betrayal was a sin only committed by humans.”
Julianne Moore - Mother Malkin

“- Caleb: Nobody programmed me to be straight.
- Nathan: You decided to be straight? Please! Of course you were programmed, by nature or nurture or both and to be honest.”
Domhnall Gleeson - Caleb
Oscar Isaac - Nathan

“Maybe happiness is not a sustainable condition.”
Stephanie Allynne - Charlie

“When man meets a force he can't destroy, he destroys himself. What a plague you are.”

Danny Huston - Marlow

“We're not special on this earth; we're just one among other lifeforms. And now we learn that we're not even special in the entire universe because there is Superman. There he is, an alien among us. We're not alone.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson - Himself

“Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best you can do is know yourself, know what you want.”
Michelle Pfeiffer - Ingrid Magnussen

“Haters gonna hate, and ain'ters gonna ain't!”
James Franco - Dave Skylark

“Less than six degrees of separation exist between you and several million strangers who you may or may not encounter in your lifetime. When we understand the structure of this communication net, we stand to grasp a good deal more about the fabric of society.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Stanley Milgram

“- Leslie Rodgers: Do you ever feel bad about what you do?
- Parker: Everyone steals, Leslie. Some people admit it to themselves, some don't. It's what human beings do. That's why we invented locks.”
Jennifer Lopez - Leslie Rodgers
Jason Statham - Parker