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Being A Human Quotes

Forgive yourself for being a human creature, Ramezay. That is the beginning of wisdom; that is part of what is meant by the fear of God; and for you it is the only way to save your sanity. Begin now, or you will end up with your saint in the madhouse.
- Robertson Davies

Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
- Kurt Vonnegut

She lay down beside me, Towards dawn she pronounced for the first time the word "death." She too seemed to be weary beyond endurance of the task of being a human being; and when I reflected on my dread of the world and its bothersomeness, on money, the movement, women, my studies, it seemed impossible that I could go on living. I consented easily to her proposal.
- Osamu Dazai

I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.
- Cameron Diaz

My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect what being a human is? What do we gain from that?
- Anthony Edwards

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
- Walter Gilbert

Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same.
- Daryl Hannah

Since the day I was born, I've spent my time being a human being, and I regard this as a good decision. But not a great one.
- Jarod Kintz

Being a vampire is no more fun than being a human I assure you.
- Cyma Rizwaan Khan

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.
- Annie Lennox

One of the peculiar ironies of being a human self in the Cosmos: A stranger approaching you in the street will in a second's glance see you whole, size you up, place you in a way in which you cannot and never will, even though you have spent a lifetime with yourself, live in the Century of the Self, and therefore ought to know yourself best of all.
- Walker Percy

We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are human guinea pigs, which is fine; that's part of my job. I don't mind being a human guinea pig.
- John L Phillips

Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.
- Sarah Polley

Just being a human being, I've realized that before every big problem you create for yourself, before every huge mess you have to clean up, there was a crucial moment where you could've just said no.
- Taylor Swift

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