Human Nature Quotes

English majors understand human nature better than economists do. Jane Smiley
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Human nature says that you want a bargain, whether you want the goods or not. You think that something is a steal, you'll buy it. Jason Statham
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All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries. Jeremy Northam
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It's one of the most basic laws of human nature, isn't it? The more we are denied something, the more we want it. The more silence given to this or that topic, the more power. Jill McCorkle
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Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself. Johan Huizinga
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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate. John Burroughs
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And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature. John Chrysostom
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It's only human nature to want to know what you can do on your own or with someone else. John McEnroe
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Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or the technology is rejected... We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature. John Naisbitt
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We are always creating new tools and techniques to help people, but the fundamental framework is remarkably resilient, which means it must have something to do with the nature of organizations or human nature. John P. Kotter
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It's not just human nature to associate in tribes. It's deeper than that. Jordan Peterson
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The concept of historical necessity is the product of rational thought and arrived in Russia by the Western route. The idea of the noble savage, of an inherently good human nature hampered by bad institutions, of the ideal state, of social justice and so forth - none of these originated or blossomed on the banks of the Volga. Joseph Brodsky
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Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown. Joseph Butler
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I meet people in my business who have this extraordinary ability to understand human nature in their work, but in real life, they don't seem to have the first clue. Joseph Fiennes
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In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively and lead people to help and organize others less privileged. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
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All my work is always that exploration of human nature. Kelly Masterson
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It's human nature when you first make your big fortune to want to show off a bit. I don't begrudge that whatsoever. Kevin Kwan
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Insecurity is a natural part of human nature, and there are times we feel our stories are not worth telling, so we turn to the people we admire for strength. If we dress like someone everyone thinks is cool, perhaps we'll be seen as cool. LZ Granderson
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I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor. Laura Dern
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate. Laura Dern
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I am not 'in pursuit of truth.' It is not my 'quarry.' I am of my human nature a thinker, and conscious of need, responsibility of thinking-speaking with truth. I do not go about hunting 'truths.' Laura Riding
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Military history is essential to understanding any history and, moreover, is a terrifying and sobering study in the realities of human nature - for yes, to me, such a thing exists, and history indeed proves it. Lawrence Osborne
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We're just a disease on this planet. Lemmy
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Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for life is never so low or so little as when occupied with the present. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. Marianne Moore
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