Quotessence
Home / Topics / Human Nature Quotes

Human Nature Quotes

Browse 4693 quotes about Human Nature.

Related topics

MenPeopleIfsThinkingWorldMayWantWayKnowsHas BeensBelieveCharacterHuman BeingsMankindNeedsSelfInspirationalMeanWellsReasonDoeLawShouldTryingPersonsSeemsTwoDifferentGivingHumanityLongRealityLittlesPrinciplesUnderstandingFactsFeelsEvilKindWarMadeAnimalMindFirstsInterestLifeHeartLooksIdeasNaturalPassionDesirePoliticalSoulCommunitySidesVirtueArtCommonGovernmentMightRealSocialHappinessSpiritStudyActionAgeConditionsFeelingsFormIndividualSometimesWisdomWritingEndsExistenceFoundLanguagePleasureSpiritualViewsBornChangeDivineForceGivenIndividualityJusticeLiteratureQualityShowsWholeGreaterHateMatterMomentsPhilosophyPoliticsSciencemore

Human Nature Quotes

“We are not held accountable for how the economy ravages Congo. Governments aren't held accountable for foreign policies that they exercise there. There are no institutional structures to render justice. The press is very limited. There's very little transparency. You find a symmetry in certain basic human tendencies, and these tendencies are not always noble or beautiful. I think we have an instinct to turn away from that, to not acknowledge it, while it is something that's a part of us. There's a certain tragic and sad side to human nature that, in our quest for beauty, we ignore.”

ThinkingBeautifulJusticeEconomyHuman NaturePolicyExerciseInstinctAcknowledgeTragicForeign PolicyTransparencyCongoSymmetry
Author:Anjan Sundaram
Create image

“In politics, the definition of a real man is different from, I would say, outside Washington or outside the establishment. I don't think that's even arguable. But human nature is what it is, and men (straight men) want women. And it's always a challenge. It's never a piece of cake. You're rejected. You know Woody Allen? One funny thing he really said. Somebody said, "Woody, what has success meant?" He said, "It means being rejected by a higher class of woman." Life is filled with rejection. Men - nobody - women, they don't like rejection.”

ThinkingMenMeanDifferentRealChallengesHuman NatureRejectionRejectedReal MenWoody
Author:Rush Limbaugh
Create image

“The reason why you do history, and particularly why you do war, is that you want to make sure that in the next war, some lessons were learned. There's a saying: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Or Ecclesiastes: "What has been will be again. What has been done will be done again." Human nature always superimposes itself - its strength and its frailty over the rush of chaos of ongoing events - and we can perceive patterns and themes and motifs.”

WarReasonDoneHuman NatureChaosPerceiveRhyme
Author:Ken Burns
Create image

“I don't see myself as a crusading feminist filmmaker. Not at all. I have the luxury of coming from New Zealand and I've had moments in my life where being female is considered to be a tremendous advantage - emotionally, career-wise. Personally, I have nothing to prove. But I'm tremendously curious about human nature. Female life is so incredibly underexplored in cinema, so these stories feel very exotic.”

MomentsHuman NatureProveFemaleFeministCuriousFilmmaker
Author:Niki Caro
Create image

“There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting. It just seems like that element of trying to move forward while things are breaking down... Obviously, it's always been the backdrop for a lot of great literature and great cinematic characters, but aside from that, I'm just drawn to it because that feels honest to me.”

PeopleTryingCharacterMovingLiteratureQualityStruggleHonestHuman NatureMoving ForwardBreaking DownGreat Literature
Author:Greg Kinnear
Create image

“I think one of the reasons anti-immigration state laws start to happen is they happen in states where there is an enormous influx. In these places, the dominant culture, the Anglo culture has held sway for such a very, very long time. Now, they are living in another culture, another language. They fear losing dominance and control. It is sadly human nature to find a group to scapegoat. This happens throughout man's history.”

ThinkingLongReasonCultureLanguageHuman NatureLosingScapegoat
Author:Rilla Askew
Create image

“When so many of our dreams had come true and yet I still saw that so many of my friends were in a lot of pain... I saw their pain from a different perspective and realized that I can't just sing my way out of all this suffering. I have to try to understand human nature and myself and the nature of suffering and a lot of these other issues on a deeper level.”

TryingDifferentDreamPainSufferingHuman NaturePerspectiveMy WayDifferent Perspective
Author:Jeff Mangum
Create image

“I try to love my neighbor as myself but I'm not trying to be a people pleaser. Sometimes that's hard, because my human nature is to want people to be happy with me. But sometimes I feel my convictions are so great that it would be compromising the truth if I didn't do that. So sometimes it's a struggle to say, "This is what I think; this is what I believe, and if you don't agree with me, oh well." The hardest thing for people to accept is the gay-affirming issue. It's hard for people to agree to disagree on that one.”

PeopleThinkingTryingBelieveSometimesI BelieveAcceptingStruggleHuman NatureAgreeConvictionNeighborCompromiseDisagreeOh Well
Author:Jay Bakker
Create image

“In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get freaked out. I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it's horrifying. But that's just human nature.”

PeopleThinkingHumansMeanGoalMy OwnHuman NaturePursuitManifestationUnconsciousCollectivesLegendsMysticalMy Own LifeOccultCollective Unconscious
Author:Alan Ball
Create image

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

InspirationalMindSoulHumorMotivationalHappinessSuccessHopeInterestingHuman NaturePositiveFolksHappyLawyerPresidentialHappy LifeBeing HappyVery HappyPursuit Of HappinessTrue HappinessMake You HappyFinding HappinessGreat HappinessLife HappinessHappy PeopleJoy And HappinessPeace And HappinessInner HappinessJust Be HappyJoy HappinessHappiness And LoveFeeling HappyLife And HappinessMaking People HappyHappiness And SuccessHow To Be HappySelf HappinessKey To HappinessArt Of HappinessReal HappinessLive Life HappySecret To HappinessWhat Is HappinessHappiness Is A ChoiceYou Make Me HappyLooking For HappinessAuthentic HappinessPerfect HappinessFound HappinessMake HappyHappy ThoughtsHappy ThingsHe Makes Me HappyBeing Happy With LifeSharing HappinessThey Make Me HappyChoosing HappinessAchieving HappinessSmiling And Being HappyFulfillment And HappinessLove Life HappinessHappiness NowDefinition Of HappinessHappy DispositionJust For Today
Author:Abraham Lincoln
Create image

“What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.”

IfsMenHumansGovernmentWould BeNatureLibertyHuman NatureReflectionAngelInternalsPatrioticFederal GovernmentFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyDemocracies HaveFederalistLimiting GovernmentFederalist PapersNatural RightsSeparation Of PowersEternal VigilanceLiberty And JusticeGovernment And SocietyControlling Government
Author:James Madison
Create image

“Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”

PeopleLoveLifeInspirationalTruthSufferingHurtMusicRelationshipHuman NatureTruth IsSadMusicianAtheistRidiculousInteractionEncouragingOne LoveSinger SongwritersHurt FeelingsInteractingWords Of EncouragementReggaeSad LoveBeing HurtSocial InteractionNot WorthyBeen HurtLove HurtMake You CryGetting HurtInteracting With OthersReggae MusicWorld SufferingGot HurtHurting YouSad Heart BreakJamaican MusicHurting SomeoneLove And SadI Was HurtHurting YourselfHeart HurtsMy Heart HurtsI Hurt YouHurting HimI Am HurtBroken Images
Author:Bob Marley
Create image

“Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free markets produce the greatest good for the greatest number always, but only, when tethered to virtue and morality.”

PeopleFirstsHumansSelfUnderstandingNumbersPrinciplesVirtueProgressHuman NatureProduceDependsMoralityFree MarketGovernanceConservatismInteractingVests
Author:Mary Matalin
Create image