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Related You can drop humans anywhere and they'll thrive-only the rat does as well. JEANNETTE DESOR Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. JEANNETTE DESOR Why are you all like this?” Evans suddenly became furious. “Why does one have to save people to ... LIU CIXIN Why should humans in their unsurity decide what species are and are not important to humans? Is natu... IVAN URLAUB Vengeance is primitive; which is why only two species in the universe practice it: humans and animal... MATSHONA DHLIWAYO There's this special talent that humans have that they can be unhappy no matter where they are. But ... STEFAN BACHMANN What impresses me... are .... humans they are so simple... species... soooo simple that you can pred... DEYTH BANGER Successful cloning of an increasing number of species confirms the general impression that it would ... IAN WILMUT Only about 3 percent of animal species are monogamous. A couple of penguins, some otters and a few o... OLIVER MARKUS The more a species is rare the more we like and protect it... So what about humans? ERIK TANGHE But I think humans are innately religious as a species, so you don't need a specific excuse for exam... CLIVE BARKER Just like humans, if you agitate (the cows) a little, excite them, the calves drop like son of a gun... JAMES SETTELMEYER Many species reciprocate, but only humans gossip, and much of what we gossip about is the vale of ot... JONATHAN HAIDT What is it about the sound of clapping hands? Why does it seem like an ocean of sound, breaking like... MARKUS ZUSAK Most men overestimate themselves. It’s the only way they can reproduce. It’s why we’re all her... VICTOR ROBERT LEE As a bird takes flight, there is no fear of falling. Its is a bird and birds fly. You are a human an... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE I think as humans we do want to control our relationships, and you can't. It's probably bett... CAROLINE PAUL Social media allows us to behave in ways that we are hardwired for in the first place - as humans. W... FRANCOIS GOSSIEAUX “One can only describe the human but can never define it because humans are complex in their natur... ZAMAN ALI One can only describe the human but can never define it because humans are complex in their nature. ZAMAN ALI Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's on... TERRY PRATCHETT . . . because she knows the secret: that humans need contact to thrive, that a broken heart is only ... AMY MATAYO We vocalize continually in a way that helps babies begin to learn language by the end of the first y... DEAN FALK I wondered why humans were even given the gift of speech at all. We no longer needed it; we’ve for... RASMENIA MASSOUD If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or h... PETER SINGER We have a need for heroes as a species, you know. That is one of the distinguishing traits of humans... DAVID BLANKENHORN ... all humans are frightened of their own solitude. Yet only in solitude can man learn to know hims... HAN SUYIN Humans are the only animals on earth that have done nothing to improve our planet. We are the only a... BOBBY W. MILLER The Awa are a distinctive-looking, diminutive forest people, smaller than any of the dozen other Ama... ALEX SHOUMATOFF I am dreaming of the day when people don’t believe something just because they are told, when fait... TAYLOR DUVALL I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and ... MAHMOUD ABBAS You shouldn't say 'animals' to distinguish between humans and non-humans. We are all ani... PETER SINGER Listen to everything and everybody BUT, only believe half of what you hear because we, as humans, li... SUPER GIRL These represent an earlier species of human, relatives to modern humans, but not Homo sapiens. There... NINA JABLONSKI If the aging process is controlled in a similar way in worms and humans, then we can use what we lea... CYNTHIA KENYON We have to consider that we are all humans here and we need to work together and communicate with on... ADILIA FRAZER We are humans, they say we are mortals. Though we do live once but can last forever. M.H. RAKIB Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understand... CARL SAGAN The big question is why are humans so different? YOAV GILAD The sensitive species, which a lot of amphibians are thought to be, are in short supply. We have a c... JAE ABEL Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some r... DANIEL EVERETT Not all dogs are perfect dogs, but all dogs are inherently good. Like people, we are affected by env... KATE MCGAHAN Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've n... DAVID SUZUKI Only birds can be infected. There is no bird flu strain that can be transmitted to humans in Dagesta... NIKOLAI VLASOV Humans are sure to have innate ways to communicate without using a language. We can see this better ... FUMIHIDE TANAKA I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace ... MAHMOUD ABBAS Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to le... ALEC BALDWIN Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the go... YUKIHIRO MATSUMOTO As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark. JEFF DUNHAM The greatest gift that humans have is the ability to think. Of all the creatures in the world, human... SHIV KHERA You cant spill a drip, just like you cant drop drops, you can only drop drips and spill drops. EVAN HEHEMANN An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being's, ca... E. O. WILSON Only humans can hurt one another, Ada thought; only humans falter and betray one another with a stun... LIZ MOORE Being human doesn't make us humans. Humanity is something else only a kind and loving heart can poss... MUNIA KHAN Energy fields define who we are as humans. STEVEN MAGEE Everybody knows basically what is right and what is wrong. Everybody knows better than to hate other... CRISS JAMI The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into
polite humans. PHILIP J. DAVIS We spend so much time and effort trying to write the best songs that we can write and pick the best ... GARY LEVOX Colors were made to add a variety, not a segregation... PHILIP T. M. Learning agility is the willingness and ability to learn, de-learn, and relearn. Limitations on lear... PEARL ZHU Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have lef... PHILIP EMEAGWALI In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at t... ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI For all species other than us humans, things just are what they are. Our problem is that we’re alw... RYAN HOLIDAY There is no reason to teach an ape to become human. There are many reasons to teach some apes and so... SUE SAVAGE-RUMBAUGH The most dangerous, poisonous and ferocious animals are only humans. AMIT ABRAHAM We can do genetics. We can do experiments on fruit flies. We can do experiments on yeast. It's n... CRAIG VENTER Theology necessitates an image of God as a conscious, rational, supernatural being of unlimited powe... RODNEY STARK Everyone wants to rule the world . . . Really, absolutely everyone. That's what it's all about, isn'... AKIF PIRINçCI When you let God be God you can let humans be humans. When we place God in His rightful place in our... JOSHUA HARRIS Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people. DANA PERINO Unfortunately, they test to see if you are edible, but they can only use their teeth or nose and in ... JOHN WEST Only after we can learn to forgive ourselves can we accept others as they are
because we don't feel ... STEPHEN COVEY If you're drawing humans, it can be detrimental to be too naturalistic, which is like animating ... HENRY SELICK That's why you don't panic. That's why you don't overreact. We know very well that things can change... WILLIE RANDOLPH When humans behave murderously, such as inflicting senseless slaughter of innocents in warfare, we l... FRANS DE WAAL I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a compl... JAMES LOVELOCK Crushes thrive in small spaces. Humans must be programmed to respond positively when faced with a sm... HEIDI JULAVITS Love is the strongest emotion any creature can feel except for hate, but hate can't hurt you. Love, ... AMELIA ATWATER-RHODES The living werewolves have genuine needs and desires, which, though they may oppose ours, are valid.... TED NAIFEH Humans can be inhuman and greed is to blame for it. TRACY SILLATO There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, bu... ANNA SEWELL We humans are not that successful because, we love to practice racism,but real success is learning t... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Reasonable humans are the only minority in this world.. DANILO VUKOVLJAK Humans are the only free beings who aren't free. REVANTH REDDY MITTA For truly we are all angels temporarily hiding as humans. BRIAN L. WEISS We are at a crossroads right now and have the ability to be successful if we can continue to learn a... COACH PATTY PATTON SHEARER Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land... BRUCE STERLING The only thing is "we are humans" and the best thing is "humans were born to make mistakes" .. so ch... NEHA KOTHARI All humans are rogues. Cured only by death. FAKEER ISHAVARDAS Why Human Beings Die;we die not because of the devil or demons,but because the soil we thread upon n... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We envision humans healing animals and animals healing humans. DAWN ROGERS Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the verge of extinction. PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Mistakes aren't failures; they are simply part of the path to success. Expect them and learn from th... JOHNNY WALKER The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a p... DAVID QUAMMEN There are many zoonotic agents in wildlife that can be passed to humans through water, LEON RUSSELL Take a look at the plants. They come together and thrive peacefully in the garden or park. They lean... KEMI SOGUNLE Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other ... NOAM CHOMSKY Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effe... WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD In my view, the fact that computers caught up to humans and completely dominate humans in chess and ... JAAN TALLINN If you are a boat and your lake is frozen, what can you do? You will wait for the spring! We are luc... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN
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JEANETTE WINTERSON our outside loo, known as the Betty, was a good loo; whitewashed and compact with a flashlight hangi... JEANETTE WINTERSON The future is foretold from the past and the future is only possible because of the past. Without pa... JEANETTE WINTERSON Everyone who tells a story tells it differently, just to remind us that everybody sees it differentl... JEANETTE WINTERSON You are here and it hurts and the world feels impossibly heavy and you are shouting bargains at the ... JEANETTE LEBLANC It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took yo... JEANETTE WINTERSON History is a madman's museum. JEANETTE WINTERSON Life…we understand it differently at different stages. It’s what is interesting about getting ol... JEANETTE WINTERSON I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close... JEANETTE WINTERSON For my part, I think we need more emotion, not less. But I think, too, that we need to educate peopl... JEANETTE WINTERSON True stories are the ones that lie open at the border, allowing a crossing, a further frontier. The ... JEANETTE WINTERSON When I touch her, my fingers don’t question what she is. My body knows who she is. The strange thi... JEANETTE WINTERSON I broke his Bible box into bits and lit a fire and laid his body beside it and felt where the bones ... JEANETTE WINTERSON There are two questions: where have you come from, and where are you going? But the brain doesn't ha... JEANETTE WINTERSON moss that is concentrating on being green. JEANETTE WINTERSON There’s a planet,’ said Spike, ‘made of water, entirely of water, where every solid thing is i... JEANETTE WINTERSON Pulsar: a dying star spinning under its own exploding anarchic energy, like a lighthouse on speed. A... JEANETTE WINTERSON Women are just planets that attract the wrong species. JEANETTE WINTERSON She is a maze where I got lost years ago, and now find the way out. She is the missing map. She is t... JEANETTE WINTERSON I kissed her and forgot death. JEANETTE WINTERSON There’s a planet called Echo. It doesn’t exist. It’s like those ghost-ships at sea, the sails ... JEANETTE WINTERSON The trouble with babies is that they are made like a safe- no way to see what's inside and no guaran... JEANETTE WINTERSON I can't believe that we have reached the end of everything. The red dust is frightening. The carbon ... JEANETTE WINTERSON Every second the Universe divides into possibilities and most of those possibilities never happen. I... JEANETTE WINTERSON Strange to dream in the right shape and build in the wrong shape, but maybe that is what we do every... JEANETTE WINTERSON Women always bring it back to the personal,' said Handsome. 'It's why you can't be world leaders.' JEANETTE WINTERSON Human beings often display emotions they do not feel. And they often feel emotions they do not displ... JEANETTE WINTERSON I don't know which is worse: to be wrongfully accused or mistakenly understood. JEANETTE WINTERSON Love is an intervention. Why do we not choose it?” (205) JEANETTE WINTERSON Every word written is a net to catch the word that has escaped. JEANETTE WINTERSON I looked out across the Ocean, and determined to drown myself. I was up to my chin when the sho... JEANETTE WINTERSON Loneliness isn’t about being by yourself. That’s fine, right and good, desirable in many ways. L... JEANETTE WINTERSON …only a poet could frame a language that could frame a world. JEANETTE WINTERSON Much of what I have done is left unfinished- not because I left it too soon, not because I was lazy,... JEANETTE WINTERSON