humanity Quotes

A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at face value, which is to me terrifying.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

We're so much more likely to feel sympathy for an animal than another person; thus, the best fiction uses animals to define truly humane behavior.

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

All religions have been made by men.