Famous Quotes & Sayings

Octavio Paz

Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.

Megan Fox

I could go days, weeks, without talking to another human being.

I feel very much that I am a human being, with human limitations, and I need to respect that.

Patricia Schroeder

I could not find any way that we could really run the kind of campaign I wanted to run if we were targeting delegates and still trying to talk to people, which is what keeps me going as a human being.

Milos Forman

Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.

I think superheroes are heroes with flaws, and in their flaws, there is a sense of humor.

Peter Senge

The most universal challenge that we face is the transition from seeing our human institutions as machines to seeing them as embodiments of nature.

We must show humility and be humble, ... And we must turn away from ways that are unpleasing to God.

Merrick had a sense of humor and could joke about his condition.

Merely writing about him was unusual, but writing a profile, as if he were a human being, was groundbreaking.

Irene Khan

Mexico has taken a very strong and positive stand on human rights issues internationally but there is not the same intensity ... domestically,

Kofi Annan

Mexico has made some strides (on human rights) ... but there is still some way to go,

Who knows? I just know that he's a very big human being.

Bertrand Russell

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Kemal Dervis

The (2005) report comes out on September 7 and yes, Norway is ranked as number 1 on the human development index.

Jones Very

The advance, which the human mind had made towards civilization, prevented Virgil from making a like impression on his own age.

Joanna Lumley

That's the staggering, humorous thing about money. If you haven't got taste, money doesn't matter: You'll always look ghastly.

William Shakespeare

Nature her custom holds, Let shame say what it will.

William Shakespeare

GLOUCESTER: I do not know that Englishman alive With whom my soul is any jot at odds, More than the infant that is born to-night: I thank my God for my humility.

We have a strong spirit and humility in the team.

Robert Green Ingersoll

What is it that distinguishes you and me from the lower animals - from the beasts? More, I say, than anything else, human sympathy - human sympathy.

Victor LaValle

'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.

Victor Ponta

Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.

Victor Ponta

Turkey is a model of economic and social development, especially in terms of human resources and regional cooperation.

We are humbled by the other nominees in this category. You have made this year one of the most breathtaking and stunning maverick years in American cinema.

Thornton Wilder

Wherever you come near the human race there's layers and layers of nonsense.

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness

Tom Renney

We humiliated ourselves. We embarrassed ourselves. I don't think I have to say much more.

Tony Perkins

Rep. Foxx is to be commended for supporting public policy that values human life, protects our religious liberties, and upholds the institutions of marriage and the family.

Piracy has taken a hit, but it's always going to be a problem. It's human nature to find ways around paying.

To whom is the physician responsible? Is he responsible to the suffering human being that he is treating? To the occupant of the role? Or to the American public? And can he simultaneously be responsible to all three?

This operation has only one purpose, and that is to do everything NATO can do to show solidarity with the victims and the human suffering in the hurricane-stricken area.

Violence is not a respecter of persons and, just like everyone has human rights, every human can have their rights infringed upon. Every human has a right to be respected.