"I have a hundred-year-old aunt who aspires to sainthood, and whose only wish has been to go into the convent, but no congregation, not even the Little Sisters of Charity, could tolerate her for more than a few weeks, so the family has had to look after her. Believe me, there is nothing so insufferable as a saint, I wouldn't sic one on my worst enemy."
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40 quotes about humans
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humans Quotes
"I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect."
"Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die."
"By Hays' reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a human body with a sword, a common way to kill people in biblical times, is acceptable. Apparently human bodies were designed to be penetrated by metal implements, but not by flesh."
"I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent. Once you start integrating yourself into the world, you realize that people are nasty, mean creatures. They're worse than zombies. People try to crush your soul and destroy your happiness, but zombies just want to have a little nibble of your brain."
"In meetings philosophy might work,on the field practicality works."
"We carry within us the wonders we seek without us."
"The most dangerous irony is, people are angry with others because of their own incompetence."
"We are star stuff harvesting sunlight."
"People expected something for nothing, that’s why they did nothing so beautifully these days."
"Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner."
"Compromise brings harmony to both, happiness to none."
"No ideology is worth a Human life."
"Earthlings went on being friendly, when they should have been thinking instead."
"Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue)."
"Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them."
"Love' is the only weapon I have, I will defend with love, I will attack with love."
"People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring."
"The most unlucky generation is the one which couldn't produce a hero to look upto."
"So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations."