Humanity Topics Quotes & Sayings

By looking through my human eyes, I hope you can see the humanity in all of it, beyond the topics of my words. Because life is an expression and our species should be a united one, not a just another bunch of tribal morons. — Steve Merrick

A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool. — George Washington

Scott Fetzer's letter of engagement with the banking firm provided it a $2.5 million fee upon sale, even if it had nothing to do with finding the buyer. I guess the lead banker felt he should do something for his payment, so he graciously offered us a copy of the book on Scott Fetzer that his firm had prepared. With his customary tact, Charlie responded: I'll pay $2.5 million not to read it. — Warren Buffett

JULIAN ALBANS'S PRECEPT Sometimes it's good to start over. - Julian Albans — R.J. Palacio

I don't like schools. And I mean, you have to call on all your friends to get them into their schools. — Eydie Gorme

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. — Ambrose Bierce

Hullo!" she says to both of us serenely. "We're here to rescue your friends, and all their limbs." A pause, then: "Well, no. I can't promise all their limbs, but most, surely . . ."

"What my sister is trying to say," Kiaran interrupts, "is that we'll bring them back alive. Mostly in one piece." I love the way he looks at me then, with expectation, a hint of a smile. God, I missed this. — Elizabeth May

Never vote for a candidate whose campaign promises include 'doing more for children. — Mary Pride

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources. — Yvon Chouinard

That has never been the question.
The question has never been to see,
how to turn good luck into misfortune,
but how to let good luck be. — Ian Hutton

People flash back to pictures of me when I was 12 and say 'Kylie's so different,' but how can I look the same from 12 -18? — Kylie Jenner

Maurice Maeterlinck's play The Blue Bird. — Gretchen Rubin

Our teaching of mathematics revolves around a fundamental conflict. Rightly or wrongly, students are required to master a series of mathematical concepts and techniques, and anything that might divert them from doing so is deemed unnecessary. Putting mathematics into its cultural context, explaining what is has done for humanity, telling the story of its historical development, or pointing out the wealth of unsolved problems or even the existence of topics that do not make it into school textbooks leaves less time to prepare for the exam. So most of these things aren't discussed. — Ian Stewart

What the novel portrays is basically the reality of Vienna today: one of the world's great cities robbed of its lifeblood, reduced to a bland provincial capital filled with beautiful old buildings. — Tom Reiss