223 Human Nature Quotes for You to Enjoy

To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind. Edward Thorndike

Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice. Elihu Root

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There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world. Elihu Root

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition. Eric Stoltz

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People don't realize it's not just about being funny, and they don't know how perceptive a comedian needs to be about human nature. You have to really be able to read a situation and peoples' emotions. Erik Griffin

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature. Francis Ford Coppola

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Is it not in human nature sometimes, based on the facts that you now know, to reconsider? Frans Timmermans

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The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes. Frans de Waal

What's so wonderful about 'The Walking Dead' is that we're able to explore human nature in its most depraved as well as its most humanitarian in each episode. Gale Anne Hurd

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When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't suppose. You can't imagine. And I think there's something in human nature that wants to finish the story. Geraldine Brooks

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The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature. Goldwin Smith

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Culture is a part of basic human nature, of deep humanity. Haris Pasovic

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Human nature is above all things lazy. Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn. Harry Browne

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If any of us were faced with a huge bag of free money and very little accountability, it would be human nature that you would make the most of it. Heather Brooke

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Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. Henry Adams

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To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature. Henry Cantwell Wallace

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There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end. Henry Villard

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I believe that any auteur categorised in terms of an -ist or an -ism wouldn't be able to capture the complex essence of human nature. Hirokazu Kore-eda

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Every so often, we pass laws repealing human nature. Howard Lindsay

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When you stop people from doing certain things, there is a good chance that they will do exactly what they have been told to abjure. That is how human nature is. Jaggi Vasudev

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That's human nature - the ups and downs. Jami Gertz

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